Institutionalized norms of conducting research and social realities: A research synthesis of empirical works from 1983 to 2002

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-24

  Farashahi, Mehdi ^a   Hafsi, Taïeb ^b   Molz, Rick ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 18844407545     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2005.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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