Management and leadership: Buccaneering or science?

European Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-50

  Nienaber, Hester ^a   Roodt, Gerrie ^b  

^a University of Pretoria ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

General management; Leadership; South Africa; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349128782     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340810843681     Document Type: Article

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