From thought to theory to school: The role of contextual factors in the evolution of schools of management thought

Organization Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1307-1329

  Ofori Dankwa, Joseph ^a   Julian, Scott D ^a  

^a SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Theory content and context; Theory development; Theory school formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844450344     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840605054620     Document Type: Article

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