False Dilemmas in Organization Theory: Realism or Social Constructivism?

Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 531-535

  Tsoukas, Haridimos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347317343     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050840073012     Document Type: Article

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