Cognitive styles and managerial behaviour: A qualitative study

Education + Training

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-114

  Cools, Eva ^a   Van Den Broeck, Herman ^b  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Management styles; Organizational behaviour; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849134070     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910810862092     Document Type: Article

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