Making decision-making research matter: Some issues and remedies

Management Research Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-16

  Nutt, Paul C ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Research work

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650243709     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171111096441     Document Type: Review

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