On the paradoxical balancing of panaceaism and particularism within the field of management learning

Management Learning

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-155

  Örtenblad, Anders ^a   Snell, Robin ^b   Perrotta, Manuela ^c   Akella, Devi ^d  

^a University of Nottingham   (China)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

glocalization; management fashion; management learning; particularity; practice; reflexivity; situated learning; translation; universality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858172671     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507611428410     Document Type: Article

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