Advising upwards: Managing the perceptions and expectations of senior management stakeholders

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1001-1023

  Bourne, Lynda ^a  

^a Stakeholder Management Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effective communication; Management theory; Organizational activities; Project management; Stakeholder theory; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959595034     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111143658     Document Type: Article

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