Tactics to influence subordinates among Thai managers

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue , 1998, Pages 343-358

  Noypayak, Watcharinpan ^a   Speece, Mark ^b  

^a BANGKOK UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Management styles; Tactics; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986018728     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683949810220006     Document Type: Article

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