Intransivities of managerial decisions: A grounded theory case

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-275

  Douglas, David ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Decision theory; Employee attitudes; Owner managers; Private sector organizations; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644860145     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610650238     Document Type: Article

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