Exploring organizational effectiveness: The value of complex realism as a frame of reference and systematic comparison as a method

The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 131-141

  Byrne, David ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446201084.n7     Document Type: Chapter

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