New knowledge products as bricolage: Metaphors and scripts in organizational theory

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-296

  Boxenbaum, Eva ^a   Rouleau, Linda ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 79952778709     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2009.0213     Document Type: Article

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