Introduction: Understanding, applying, and developing organizational and managerial wisdom

Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages xv-

  Kessler, Eric H ^a   Bailey, James R ^b,c  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78651084399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781412982726     Document Type: Chapter

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