Understanding management gurus and historical narratives: The benefits of a historic turn in management and organization studies

Management and Organizational History

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-189

  Keulen, Sjoerd ^a   Kroeze, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

historical narrativism; historical theory; historiography; management fashions; management gurus; methodology; new cultural history; practical relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859251157     PISSN: 17449359     EISSN: 17449367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744935912438311     Document Type: Article

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