Why I stopped trying to understand the real world

Organization Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1233-1254

  Starbuck, William H ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothesis tests; Methodology; Rationality; Research; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344233847     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840604046361     Document Type: Review

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