Leadership, decision making and internal stakeholder engagement

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 345-358

  Ahmad, S Jaseem ^a   O’Regan, Nicholas ^a   Ghobadian, Abby ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decision making; leadership style; organizational performance; small and medium enterprises (SMEs); stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649833023     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmdm.2005.006559     Document Type: Article

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