Making sense of theory construction: Metaphor and disciplined imagination

Organization Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1579-1597

  Cornelissen, Joep P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analogy; Creativity; Disciplined imagination; Jazz; Metaphor; Organization theory; Theorizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750269838     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606068333     Document Type: Article

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