Why the rigour-relevance gap in management research is unbridgeable

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 516-533

  Kieser, Alfred ^a   Leiner, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 57649114594     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00831.x     Document Type: Article

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