The benefits of persisting with paradigms in organizational research

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-104

  Qiu, Jane ^a   Donaldson, Lex ^a   Luo, Ben Nanfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84859074470     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2011.0125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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