Advancing a pragmatist epistemology in organisational research

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-126

  Ruwhiu, Diane ^a   Cone, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Knowledge management; New Zealand; Organizational theory; Pragmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856801883     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465641011068884     Document Type: Article

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