In search of relevance: Conventional or critical management inquiry?

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 771-782

  Smallman, Clive ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Critical management; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745067498     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610673323     Document Type: Article

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