Political decision-making climates: Theoretical processes and multi-level antecedents

Human Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-200

  Darr, Wendy ^a   Johns, Gary ^a,b  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Conflict; Cross level; Paradigm development; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942559184     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726704042926     Document Type: Article

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