Obm today and tomorrow: Then and now

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 73-137

  Mawhinney, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accomplishments of OBM; OBM; OBM in 1992; OBM in beyond the year 2000; OBM in the year 2000; Organizational Behavior Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034563396     PISSN: 01608061     EISSN: 15408604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J075v20n03_04     Document Type: Article

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