An examination of the decision styles of project managers: Evidence of significant diversity

Information and Management

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 313-320

  Fox, Terry L ^a   Spence, J Wayne ^b  

^a Cremer Sch Bus Emporia Stt U   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Decision style; Project managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040355955     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(99)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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