You spin Me round: The realist turn in organization and management studies

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1645-1662

  Contu, Alessia ^a   Willmott, Hugh ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 29144523428     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2005.00560.x     Document Type: Review

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