Phenomenology as a method for exploring management practice

International Journal of Management Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-224

  Anosike, Paschal ^a   Ehrich, Lisa Catherine ^b   Ahmed, Pervaiz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Descriptive phenomenology; Education management; Internal marketing; Management practice; Management research; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864198382     PISSN: 14779064     EISSN: 17418143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMP.2012.048073     Document Type: Article

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