Abduction 101: Reasoning processes to aid discovery

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 306-315

  Folger, Robert ^a   Stein, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84994169067     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2016.08.007     Document Type: Article

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