The Fact of Fiction in Organizational Ethnography

John Van Maanen

doi:10.2307/2392360

journal article Dec 01, 1979

The Fact of Fiction in Organizational Ethnography

John Van Maanen

Administrative Science Quarterly Vol. 24 No. 4 pp. 539 · JSTOR

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Published: Dec 01, 1979
Vol/Issue: 24(4)
Pages: 539

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John Van Maanen (1979). The Fact of Fiction in Organizational Ethnography. Administrative Science Quarterly, 24(4), 539. https://doi.org/10.2307/2392360

The Fact of Fiction in Organizational Ethnography

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