Navigating the garbage can: How agendas help managers cope with job realities

Academy of Management Executive

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 26-41

  Barry, David ^a   Cramton, Catherine Durnell ^b   Carroll, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

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EID: 0011613069     PISSN: 10795545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/ame.1997.9707132145     Document Type: Article

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