A reflection on theory building and the development of management knowledge

Management Decision

Volumn 42, Issue , 2004, Pages 473-480

  Trim, Peter R J ^a   Lee, Yang Im ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Research work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993035300     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740410518930     Document Type: Article

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