Cognitive Style and the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Organization Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-181

  Sadler Smith, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; Decision styles; Entrepreneurship; Information processing; Intuition; Small firm management

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442280726     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840604036914     Document Type: Review

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