Management in practice: Overview of classic studies on managerial work

The Work of Managers: Towards a Practice Theory of Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tengblad, Stefan ^a   Vie, Ola Edvin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Business cultures; Contingency theory; Executive behaviour; Management and work behaviour; Managerial levels; Organizational contexts; Time periods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919772207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199639724.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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