Developing Executive Leaders: The Relative Contribution Of Cognitive Ability, Personality, And The Accumulation Of Work Experience In Predicting Strategic Thinking Competency

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 829-864

  Dragoni, Lisa ^a   Oh, In Sue ^b   Vankatwyk, Paul ^c   Tesluk, Paul E ^d  

^a and History   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PDI Ninth House ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 81855211018     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2011.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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