Executive values and decision making: The relationship of culture and information flows

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-240

  Gamble, Paul R ^a   Gibson, Duncan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033095688     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00134     Document Type: Article

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