Pushing Action Research Toward Reflexive Practice

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 55-68

  Ripamonti, Silvio ^a   Galuppo, Laura ^a   Gorli, Mara ^a   Scaratti, Giuseppe ^a   Cunliffe, Ann L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

management education; organizational learning; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949255609     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492615584972     Document Type: Article

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