Productive misunderstandings between organization science and organization practice: The science-practice relation from the perspective of niklas luhmann's theory of autopoietic systems

Advanced Series in Management

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages 133-148

  Seidl, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 79952261560     PISSN: 18776361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1877-6361(2009)0000006008     Document Type: Article

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