Variety, Novelty, and Perceptions of scholarship in research on management and organizations: An appeal for ambidextrous scholarship

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-18

  Corbett, Andrew ^a   Cornelissen, Joep ^b   Delios, Andrew ^c   Harley, Bill ^d  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Novelty; Research; Scholarship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890885260     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12032     Document Type: Article

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