Adoption rationales of new management practices

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 371-380

  Daniel, Elizabeth ^a   Myers, Andrew ^b   Dixon, Keith ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b AJM Associates   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adoption rationales; Management fads; Management fashions; Management innovations; Management practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855357602     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.06.033     Document Type: Article

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