Reconsidering Theoretical Progress in Organizational and Management Research

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 615-619

  Edwards, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics in research; philosophy of science; research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956465506     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428110380468     Document Type: Article

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