Belaboring the not-so-obvious: Consensus, commitment, and strategy implementation speed and success

Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1237-1257

  Dooley, Robert S ^a   Fryxell, Gerald E ^b   Judge, William Q ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 0011667437     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014920630002600609     Document Type: Article

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