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Hard, soft or ambidextrous?: which influence style promotes managers' task performance and the role of political skill

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Hard, soft or ambidextrous? which influence style promotes managers' task performance and the role of political skill. / Kapoutsis , Ilias ; Papalexandris , Alexandros ; Thanos, Ioannis.
In: The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 30, No. 4, 01.04.2019, p. 618-647.

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Kapoutsis , I, Papalexandris , A & Thanos, I 2019, 'Hard, soft or ambidextrous? which influence style promotes managers' task performance and the role of political skill', The International Journal of Human Resource Management, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 618-647. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1233447

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Kapoutsis I, Papalexandris A, Thanos I. Hard, soft or ambidextrous? which influence style promotes managers' task performance and the role of political skill. The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 2019 Apr 1;30(4):618-647. Epub 2016 Sept 20. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2016.1233447

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Kapoutsis , Ilias ; Papalexandris , Alexandros ; Thanos, Ioannis. / Hard, soft or ambidextrous? which influence style promotes managers' task performance and the role of political skill. In: The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 2019 ; Vol. 30, No. 4. pp. 618-647.

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