Myopic rhetorics: Reflecting epistemologically and ethically on the demand for relevance in organizational and management research

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-552

  Knights, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 61849160417     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMLE.2008.35882194     Document Type: Article

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