Mission statement quality and financial performance

European Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-94

  Bartkus, Barbara ^a   Glassman, Myron ^a   McAfee, R Bruce ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Mission statement content; Mission statements; Missions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344473771     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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