Determinants of executive beliefs: Comparing functional conditioning and social influence

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 763-790

  Chattopadhyay, Prithviraj ^a   Glick, William H ^b   Miller, C Chet ^c,d   Huber, George P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive beliefs; Functional background; Social information processing; Upper echelon team

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001174075     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199908)20:8<763::aid-smj46>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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