Researching organizations using action research

The SAGE Handbook of Organization Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 388-408

  Eden, Colin ^a   Huxham, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781848608030.n12     Document Type: Chapter

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