Three Dilemmas in Action Research:With Special Reference to the Tavistock Experience

Human Relations

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1970, Pages 499-513

  Rapoport, Robert N ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

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EID: 84973818294     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872677002300601     Document Type: Article

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