Evidence-Based Management and Organisational Reality: Reducing Knowledge/Action Tensions through Reflection

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Evidence-Based Management and Organisational Reality: Reducing Knowledge/Action Tensions through Reflection. / Mensmann, Mona; Rousseau, Denise M.; Frese, Michael.
Handbook of Philosophy of Management. ed. / Cristina Neesham; Markus Reihlen; Dennis Schoeneborn. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022. p. 1-16 (Handbooks in Philosophy).

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Harvard

Mensmann, M, Rousseau, DM & Frese, M 2022, Evidence-Based Management and Organisational Reality: Reducing Knowledge/Action Tensions through Reflection. in C Neesham, M Reihlen & D Schoeneborn (eds), Handbook of Philosophy of Management. Handbooks in Philosophy, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48352-8_50-1

APA

Mensmann, M., Rousseau, D. M., & Frese, M. (2022). Evidence-Based Management and Organisational Reality: Reducing Knowledge/Action Tensions through Reflection. In C. Neesham, M. Reihlen, & D. Schoeneborn (Eds.), Handbook of Philosophy of Management (pp. 1-16). (Handbooks in Philosophy). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48352-8_50-1

Vancouver

Mensmann M, Rousseau DM, Frese M. Evidence-Based Management and Organisational Reality: Reducing Knowledge/Action Tensions through Reflection. In Neesham C, Reihlen M, Schoeneborn D, editors, Handbook of Philosophy of Management. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG. 2022. p. 1-16. (Handbooks in Philosophy). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-48352-8_50-1

Bibtex

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