Configurational theory and methods in organizational research: Introduction

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-22

  Fiss, Peer C ^a   Marx, Axel ^a   Cambre, Bart ^a  

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Author keywords

Configurational methods; Configurational theory; Management; Organization studies; Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA); Set theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981555717     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X(2013)0000038005     Document Type: Chapter

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