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245			_aGreat minds in management: the process of theory development. / _cedited by Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt
260			_aNew York: _bOxford University Press, _cc2005.
300			_axiii, 600 p.: _bill.; _c25cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_aContents: Individuals and their environment: The Evolution of social cognitive theory -- Image theory -- The Road to fairness and beyond -- Grand theories and mid-range theories: cultural effects on theorizing and the attempt to understand active approaches to work -- Upper echelons theory: origins, twists and and turns, and lessons learned -- Goal setting theory: theory building by induction -- How job characteristics theory happened -- Do employee attitudes towards organizations matter? The study of employee commitment to organizations -- Developing psychological contract theory -- The Escalation of commitment: steps toward an organizational theory -- On the origins of expectancy theory -- Behavior of organizations: Double-loop learning in organizations: a theory of action perspective -- Where does inequality come from? The re-emergence through positive organizational cognition: islands of coherence -- Developing theory about the development of theory -- Managing organizational knowledge: theoretical and methodological foundations -- The Experience of theorizing: sensmaking as topic and resource -- Environmental contingencies and organizations: The Development of stakeholder theory: an idiosyncratic approach -- Developing resource dependence theory: how theory is affected by its environment -- Institutional theory: contributing to a theoretical research program -- Transaction cost economics: the process of theory development -- Developing evolutionary theory for economics management -- An Evolutionary approach to institutions and social construction: process and structure -- Epilogue: learning to develop theory from the masters.
650			_bManagement
700			_aSmith, Ken G.
700			_aHitt, Michael A.
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