'Relevance' in management research: A critical reappraisal

Management Learning

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-89

  Dehler, Gordon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

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EID: 0010893917     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507698291004     Document Type: Article

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