The messy history of OB&D: how three strands came to be seen as one rope

Management Decision

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 266-280

  Dent, Eric B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural sciences; Management theory; Organizational behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166585     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740210420228     Document Type: Review

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