Management implications of foreign players in the English premiership league football

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-50

  Madichie, Nnamdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Employees; Football; Globalization; Management power

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349428942     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910929687     Document Type: Article

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