Relative importance of managerial skills for predicting effectiveness

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 636-655

  Tonidandel, Scott ^a   Braddy, Phillip W ^b   Fleenor, John W ^b  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP   (United States)

Author keywords

Management effectiveness; Management skills; Managerial effectiveness; Managerial skills; Relative importance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865131236     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941211252464     Document Type: Article

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