Competencies for retail leadership: Accurate, acceptable, affordable

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 212-220

  Boak, George ^a   Coolican, Diane ^b  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Sarris Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competences; Competency framework; Leadership; Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166731     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005675     Document Type: Article

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