Ethnostatistics and Organizational Research Methodologies

Ethnostatistics is the empirical study of how professional scholars construct and use statistics and numerals in scholarly research. This article provides an overview of the objectives, contents, and contributions of the current theme issue. The nature and relevance of ethnostatistics to organizatio...

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