Building the tower of Babel: communities of practice and paradigmatic pluralism in organization studies

Organization

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-215

  Kaghan, William ^a   Phillips, Nelson ^a  

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EID: 20444371998     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050849852003     Document Type: Article

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