The silent majority: Manuscript rejection and its impact on scholars

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 704-718

  Day, Nancy Evelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84856028677     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amle.2010.0027     Document Type: Article

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