Defining and operationalizing theory

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1142-1149

  Cortina, Jose M ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HARKing; philosophyof science; theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994035343     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.2121     Document Type: Article

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