Yabba-dabba-doo! Evolutionary psychology and the rise of Flintstone psychological thinking in organization and management studies

Human Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 923-955

  Sewell, Graham ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological sciences; Controversy; Darwin; Evolutionary psychology; Management; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043057219     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726704045835     Document Type: Review

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