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1、AcademyofManagementReview2012,Vol.37,No.4,493–501.http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amr.2012.0165EDITOR’SCOMMENTS:REFLECTIONSONTHECRAFTOFCLEARWRITINGWritingishardwork.Aclearsentenceisnoac-gettheirinsightsandrecommendationsonthecident.Veryfewsentencescomeoutrightthefirstcraftofclearwriti
2、ng,particularlyasitappliestotime,oreventhethirdtime.Rememberthisintheoreticalarticles.Iaskedthemtoshare(1)momentsofdespair.Ifyoufindthatwritingishard,it’sbecauseitishard(Zinsser,2006:9).theirpetpeevesaboutthewritingstyle,organi-zation,andpresentationoftheoreticalmanu-Mostofusstru
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