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Interest-talk as access-talk: how interests are displayed, made and down-played in management research

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Interest-talk as access-talk: how interests are displayed, made and down-played in management research. / Whittle, Andrea; Mueller , Frank ; Lenney, Peter et al.
In: British Journal of Management, Vol. 25, No. 3, 07.2014, p. 607-628.

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Whittle A, Mueller F, Lenney P, Gilchrist A. Interest-talk as access-talk: how interests are displayed, made and down-played in management research. British Journal of Management. 2014 Jul;25(3):607-628. Epub 2013 May 10. doi: 10.1111/1467-8551.12021

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Whittle, Andrea ; Mueller , Frank ; Lenney, Peter et al. / Interest-talk as access-talk : how interests are displayed, made and down-played in management research. In: British Journal of Management. 2014 ; Vol. 25, No. 3. pp. 607-628.

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