A product of "his" time? Exploring the construct of the ideal manager in the Cold War era

Journal of Management History

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 386-403

  McLaren, Patricia Genoe ^a   Mills, Albert J ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Books; Historical periods; Management theory; Managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956103937     PISSN: 17511348     EISSN: 17587751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511340810893126     Document Type: Article

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