Patterns of the use of information for decision making by administrative staff of a university in Nigeria

Library Management

Volumn 23, Issue , 2002, Pages 330-337

  Adomi, Esharenana E ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Decision making; Decision support systems; Information; Nigeria; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145954     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120210432309     Document Type: Article

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