The effects of strategy type on strategy implementation actions

Human Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-122

  Waldersee, Robert ^a   Sheather, Simon ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Implementation; Personality; Situation; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038971494     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679604900105     Document Type: Article

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