The fad motif in management scholarship

Employee Relations

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-37

  Collins, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management; Management theory; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986116808     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450110366255     Document Type: Article

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