Bridging the rigour-relevance gap in management research: It's already happening!

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 534-546

  Hodgkinson, Gerard P ^a   Rousseau, Denise M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57649114071     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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