Crossing boundaries to increase relevance in organizational research

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 280-286

  Polzer, Jeffrey T ^a   Gulati, Ranjay ^a   Khurana, Rakesh ^a   Tushman, Michael L ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctoral education; Full cycle research; Rigor relevant debate

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949101060     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492609345429     Document Type: Editorial

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