Moving sofas and exhuming woodchucks: On relevance, impact, and the following of fads

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-16

  Aldag, Ramon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0031528190     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105649269761003     Document Type: Review

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