Top management team composition and views of viable strategies

Team Performance Management

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 326-342

  Gallén, Tiina ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Personality; Senior management

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749091495     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590911002113     Document Type: Article

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