Doing 'boards-in-action' research -an ethnographic approach for the capture and analysis of directors' and senior managers' interactive routines

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 244-257

  Samra Fredericks, Dalvir ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041906673     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00202     Document Type: Article

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