The elusiveness of applied management knowledge: A critical challenge for management educators

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 583-605

  Baldwin, Timothy T ^a   Pierce, Jason R ^b   Joines, Richard C ^c   Farouk, Shameem ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^c Management and Personnel Systems Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84856058894     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amle.2010.0045     Document Type: Article

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