Managers’ belief in employees’ job and psychological readiness and employees’ participation in decision making: A comparison between american and jordanian managers

International Journal of Commerce and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-266

  Aboyassin, Naser A ^a  

^a ABA Enterprises   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Employee behaviour; Jordan; Management strategy; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881325712     PISSN: 10569219     EISSN: 17588529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10569210810907164     Document Type: Article

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