From practice-based knowledge to the practice of research: Revisiting constructivist research works on knowledge

Management Learning

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-91

  Petit, Sandra Charreire ^a   Huault, Isabelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Epistemology; Knowledge; Methodological tools; Paradigm shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049136825     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507607085173     Document Type: Article

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