Rational, human, political, and symbolic text in harvard business school cases: A study of structure and content

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-430

  Swiercz, Paul Michael ^a   Ross, Kathleen T ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arbitron Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

case studies; case writing; cast teaching; narrative analysis; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990348581     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562903252511     Document Type: Article

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