Beyond rigour and relevance: A critical realist approach to business education

Management Learning

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-85

  Syed, Jawad ^a   Mingers, John ^a   Murray, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical management studies; Critical realism; Management education; Research paradigms

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549113077     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507609350839     Document Type: Article

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