Overcoming the rationalistic fallacy in management research

The Work of Managers: Towards a Practice Theory of Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tengblad, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complexity; Emotional demands; Information overload; Management research; Performance pressure; Sune Carlson; Work overload

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919776756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199639724.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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