Luthans
12th Edition
Organizational
Behavior
An Evidence-Based Approach
,Organizational
Behavior
An Evidence-Based Approach Twelfth Edition
Fred Luthans
George Holmes Distinguished Professor
of Management, University of Nebraska
,ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: An Evidence-Based Approach
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Luthans, Fred.
Organizational behavior : an evidence-based approach / Fred Luthans.—12th ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-353035-2 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-07-353035-2 (alk. paper)
1. Organizational behavior. I. Title.
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