The treatment of history in organisation studies: Towards an 'Historic turn'?

Business History

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 331-352

  Clark, Peter ^a   Rowlinson, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 3242668126     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0007679042000219175     Document Type: Article

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