Cultural diversity, manning strategies and management practices in Greek shipping

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 383-403

  Theotokas, Ioannis ^a   Progoulaki, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERCEPTION; SAFETY; SHIPPING; TRAINING;

EID: 34548222247     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088830701539198     Document Type: Article

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