Successful failure: An alternative view on organizational coping

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn , Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1011-1024

  Seibel, Wolfgang ^a  

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EID: 0030305074     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764296039008006     Document Type: Article

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