Reorienting the business school agenda: The case for relevance, rigor, and righteousness

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 985-999

  Birnik, Andreas ^a   Billsberry, Jon ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Business school agenda; Management education; Relevance versus rigor; Righteousness; Self interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049148657     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9607-x     Document Type: Review

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