The challenge of delivering impact: Making waves through the ODC debate

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-52

  Antonacopoulou, Elena P ^a   Dehlin, Erlend ^b   Zundel, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TRONDHEIM BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

impact; making waves; process research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952274162     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886310390868     Document Type: Article

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