Problematizing 'Relevance' in the Business School: The Case of Leadership Studies

British Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 731-744

  Butler, Nick ^a   Delaney, Helen ^b   Spoelstra, Sverre ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84944280543     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12121     Document Type: Article

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