Wearing many hats: Supply managers' behavioral complexity and its impact on supplier relationships

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 817-823

  Wu, Zhaohui ^a   Steward, Michelle D ^b   Hartley, Janet L ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral complexity; Buyer supplier relationships; Supply management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954212699     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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