Positive organizational scholarship: Embodying a humanistic perspective on business

Humanism in Business

Volumn 9780521898935, Issue , 2009, Pages 278-298

  Lopes, Miguel Pereira ^a   Cunha, Miguel Pina E ^a   Kaiser, Stephan ^b   Müller Seitz, Gordon ^c  

^a NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b Catholic University of Eichstätt Ingolstadt   (United States)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 82955179890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511808395.018     Document Type: Chapter

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