Faith, evidence, and action: Better guesses in an unknowable world

Organization Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1723-1736

  Weick, Karl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alertness; Enactment; Improvisation; Mindfulness; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750246808     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606068351     Document Type: Review

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