A comparison of managerial skills of middle managers with MBAs, with other masters’ and undergraduate degrees ten years after the Porter and McKibbin report

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 150-164

  Shipper, Frank ^a  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Development; Masters of Business Administration; Middle management; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173914     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683949910255214     Document Type: Article

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