Learning orientation and leadership quality: Their impact on salespersons' performance

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1054-1063

  Paparoidamis, Nicholas G ^a  

^a IESEG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Leadership; Learning styles; Performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 24744464808     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510610053     Document Type: Article

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