Reviews

Abrahamson, E. (1991) `Management Fads and Fashions: The Diffusion and Rejection of Innovations', Academy of Management Review 16(3): 586-612.

Abrahamson, E. (1996) `Management Fashion', Academy of Management Review 21(1): 254-285.

Carson, P. P. , Lanier, P. A. , Carson, K. D. and Guidry, B. N. (2000) `Clearing a Path through the Management Fashion Jungle: Some Preliminary Trailblazing', Academy of Management Journal 43 (6): 1143-1158.

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (1994) Report of the Commission on Management Research. Swindon: ESRC.

Furusten, S. (1999) Popular Management Books. How They are Made and What they Mean for Organisations. London: Routledge.

Gibbons, M. , Nowotny, H. , Limoges, C. , Schwartzman, S. , Scott, P. and Trow, M. (1994) The New Production of Knowledge: The Dynamics of Science and Research in Contemporary Societies. London: Sage.

Gill, J. and Whittle, S. (1992) `Management by Panacea: Accounting for Transience', Journal of Management Studies 30(2): 281-295.

Pugh, D. S. and Hickson, D. J. (1989) Writers on Organizations, 4th edn. London: Penguin.

Scarbrough, H. and Swan, J. (2001) `Explaining the Diffusion of Knowledge Management: The Role of Fashion', British Journal of Management 12: 3-12.

Sperber, I. (1990) Fashions in Science. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Tranfield, D. and Starkey, K. (1998) `The Nature, Social Organization and Promotion of Management Research: Towards Policy', British Journal of Management 9(4): 341-353.