Where are we in the "long march to legitimacy?" Assessing scholarship in management learning and education

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 561-582

  Rynes, Sara L ^a   Brown, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84856027277     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amle.2009.0084     Document Type: Article

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