Data, Methods and Theory in the Organizational Sciences A New Synthesis

In both Management and I/O Psychology, contributions to theory remain an important, and in many cases, sole criterion for evaluating submissions to top journals. In many ways, the definition of theory and the primacy of theory in the organizational sciences is an outlier; in most sciences, articles...

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Other Authors: Murphy, Kevin (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2022
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