On serendipity and organizing

European Management Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 319-330

  Cunha, Miguel Pina e ^a   Clegg, Stewart R ^b   Mendonça, Sandro ^c  

^a NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Creativity; Learning; Serendipity; Unsought discovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955925491     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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