Exploring the practical wisdom of mētis for management learning

Management Learning

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 418-436

  Mackay, David ^a   Zundel, Mike ^b   Alkirwi, Mazin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

audit; Knowledge; m tis; mythology; phronesis; practical wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906344990     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507614541197     Document Type: Article

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