Use Matters. and Matters of use: Building theory for reflective practice

Public Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-291

  Huxham, Chris ^a   Hibbert, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management practice; Reflective practice; Rigour; Theory development; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952019338     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2010.532964     Document Type: Article

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