Designing the strategic planning process: Does psychological type matter?

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 598-614

  Jennings, David ^a   Disney, John J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Organizational planning; Psychology; Type testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646905056     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610668860     Document Type: Review

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