Organizational culture and its relationship between job tension in measuring outcomes among business executives

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-49

  Pool, Steven W ^a  

^a ASHLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business analysis; Corporate culture; Executives; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642584907     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710010308144     Document Type: Article

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