Developing an exploratory model to determine the link between organizational culture, leadership style and contingency factors on the corporate strategy of manufacturing SMEs

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1-7, 2000, Pages 860-878

  Ghobadian, Abby ^a   O’Regan, Nicholas ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competitiveness; contingency factors; corporate strategy; leadership style; organizational capability; organizational culture; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 13644257896     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmtm.2000.001380     Document Type: Article

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