Spirituality in Management: A Review of Contemporary and Traditional Thoughts and Agenda for Research

Global Business Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-83

  Pandey, Ashish ^a,b   Gupta, Rajen K ^b  

^a Pragati Leadership Institute   (India)

^b MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 85010931860     PISSN: 09721509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097215090700900105     Document Type: Article

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