The legitimacy paradox of business schools: Losing by gaining?

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 277-291

  Alajoutsijärvi, Kimmo ^a,b   Juusola, Katariina ^a,c   Siltaoja, Marjo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

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EID: 84938585260     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amle.2013.0106     Document Type: Article

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