Critique and international management: An uneasy relationship?

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 870-884

  Jack, Gavin A ^a   Calás, Marta B ^b   Nkomo, Stella M ^c   Peltonen, Tuomo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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EID: 34547505232     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2008.34421991     Document Type: Review

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