What Do Managers Like to Do? A five-country study

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 401-433

  Konrad, Alison M ^a   Kashlak, Roger ^b   Yoshioka, Izumi ^c   Waryszak, Robert ^d   Toren, Nina ^e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0035643441     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601101264002     Document Type: Article

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