Guiding the next generation of doctoral students in operations management

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 150, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-36

  Sodhi, Manmohan S ^a   Tang, Christopher S ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Junior researchers; OM research; PhD students; Relevance; Research methods; Research pipeline; Research topics; Rigor in research

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY APPROACH; JUNIOR RESEARCHERS; MODEL AND ANALYSIS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; RELEVANCE; RESEARCH METHODS; RESEARCH TOPICS;

STUDENTS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84896853702     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.11.016     Document Type: Review

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