The interplay between theory and method

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1145-1154

  Van Maanen, John ^a,d   Sørensen, Jesper B ^b,e   Mitchell, Terence R ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Graduate School of Business   (United States)

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EID: 35348933243     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2007.26586080     Document Type: Article

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