Philosophy for Managers and Philosophy of Managers: Turf, Reputation, Coalition

Philosophy of Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-28

  Windsor, Duane ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalition; Operational code; Organizational politics; Philosophy for managers; Philosophy of managers; Reputation; Turf

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006289596     PISSN: 17403812     EISSN: 20529597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40926-015-0004-8     Document Type: Article

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