Behavioural and causal influences on individual managerial effectiveness in the Ghanaian public sector

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 300-313

  Analoui, Farhad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Managerial effectiveness; Motivation; Public sector; Senior managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544358881     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513559810225843     Document Type: Article

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