Doing research on 'management fashions': Methodological challenges and opportunities

Problems and Perspectives in Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 68-76

  Madsen, Dag Øivind ^a   Stenheim, Tonny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Management concepts; Management fashions; Research challenges; Research methods; Research opportunities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894118529     PISSN: 17277051     EISSN: 18105467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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