The management guru as organizational witchdoctor

Organization

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-107

  Clark, Timothy ^a   Salaman, Graeme ^a  

^a Institute of Educational Technology

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EID: 0011975239     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050849631005     Document Type: Article

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