Evidence-Based Management: Foundations, Development, Controversies and Future

Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue , 2017, Pages 235-261

  Rynes, Sara L ^a   Bartunek, Jean M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

academicpractitioner relationships; evidence based management; evidence based practice; researchpractice gap; systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029164204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23270608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032516-113306     Document Type: Review

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