The skewed few: People and papers of quality in management studies

Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 467-475

  Macdonald, Stuart ^a   Kam, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

journal; quality; skew

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959832213     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508411403533     Document Type: Review

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