Redefining managerial work: smart politics

Management Decision

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 477-487

  Butcher, David ^a   Clarke, Martin ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Managers; Organizational change; Organizational politics; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986127786     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740310479322     Document Type: Article

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