Is Organization Theory Obvious to Practitioners? A Test of One Established Theory

Organization Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 509-524

  Priem, Richard L ^a   Rosenstein, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Obviousness; Organization Theory; Relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034368379     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.11.5.509.15199     Document Type: Article

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