Organizational configurations and performance: A meta-analysis

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 223-240

  Ketchen Jr , David J ^a   Combs, James G ^a   Russell, Craig J ^a   Shook, Chris ^a   Dean, Michelle A ^a   Runge, Janet ^a   Lohrke, Franz T ^a   Naumann, Stefanie E ^a   Haptonstahl, Dawn Ebe ^a   Baker, Robert ^a   Beckstein, Brenden A ^a   Handler, Charles ^a   Honig, Heather ^a   Lamoureux, Stephen ^a  

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EID: 0031286321     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/257028     Document Type: Review

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