Chinese management research at a crossroads: Some philosophical considerations

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-143

  Tsang, Eric W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextualization; Duhem Quine thesis; Empirical regularity; Replication; Theory proliferation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350348327     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2008.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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