Do we really 'know' what we think we know? A case study of seminal research and its subsequent overgeneralization

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-129

  Bamber, Linda Smith ^a   Christensen, Theodore E ^b   Gaver, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034135070     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0361-3682(99)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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