The serendipity of leadership effectiveness in management and business practices

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1001-1009

  Svensson, Gösoran ^a   Wood, Greg ^b  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contingency planning; Leadership; Management effectiveness; Management skills; Precision

Indexed keywords

EID: 24744471643     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510609992     Document Type: Article

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