Skill requirements of contemporary senior- and entry-level logistics managers: A comparative analysis

Transportation Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 46-60

  Murphy, Paul R ^a   Poist, Richard F ^b  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOGISTICS; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 33748503438     PISSN: 00411612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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