Testing the SMT and Belbin inventories in top management teams

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-84

  Lessem, Ronnie ^a   Baruch, Yehuda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buy outs; Management development; Team building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986163893     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730010318165     Document Type: Article

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