'Give me your mirrorshades': Science fiction 'methodology' meets the social and organizational sciences

Science Fiction and Organization

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 15-30

  McHugh, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203401989     Document Type: Chapter

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