The development of theories from the analysis of the organisation: case studies by the patterns of behaviour

Management Decision

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 723-734

  Nieto, Mariano ^a   Pérez, Waldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case studies; Individual behaviour; Methodology; Organizational theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145229     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740010360588     Document Type: Article

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