TECHNOLOGY AND SPAN OF CONTROL: WOODWARD REVISITED

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 143-164

  Collins, Paul D ^a   Hull, Frank ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84980226706     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1986.tb00417.x     Document Type: Article

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