Time management: Logic, effectiveness and challenges

Time in Organizational Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 23-41

  Claessens, Brigitte J C ^a   Roe, Robert A ^b   Rutte, Christel G ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84860817644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203889947     Document Type: Chapter

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