Politicking for success: the missing skill

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-29

  Peled, Alon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Information technology; Leadership; Organizational politics; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542562239     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730010310703     Document Type: Article

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