Lost in translation? On mind and matter in management research

SAGE Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1-13

  Fendt, Jacqueline ^a,b  

^a ESCP EUROPE   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Approaches; Business administration and business economics; Cognitivism; Economic science; General management; Management; Methodology; Psychology; Research methods; Social sciences; Sociological research methods; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883209612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244013481358     Document Type: Article

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