Decision delegation: A conceptualization and empirical investigation

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-93

  Aggarwal, Praveen ^a,c   Mazumdar, Tridib ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 38149134390     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20201     Document Type: Article

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