A historic perspective on organizational ignorance

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 449-468

  Harvey, Michael G ^a   Novicevic, Milorad M ^b   Buckley, M R ^c   Ferris, Gerald R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Information; Management; Organizational development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077100     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005774     Document Type: Article

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