“Why are there so many theories?” a classroom exercise to help students appreciate the need for multiple theories of a management domain

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 757-776

  Anderson, Marc H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

classroom exercise; conceptual toolbox; false consensus bias; motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990366368     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562906297705     Document Type: Article

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