The effects of leadership styles and use of performance measures on managerial work-related attitudes

European Accounting Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-310

  Hartmann, Frank ^a   Naranjo Gil, David ^b   Perego, Paolo ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

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EID: 77952490586     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180903384601     Document Type: Article

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