Indigenous or imported knowledge in Brazilian management studies: A quest for legitimacy?

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 211-232

  Rodrigues, Suzana B ^a   Gonzalez Duarte, Roberto ^b   de Padua Carrieri, Alexandre ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Imported knowledge; Indigenous knowledge; Institutional environment; Legitimacy; Localness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858821735     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2011.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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