Organizational causes and strategic consequences of the extent of top management team replacement during turnaround attempts

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 234-269

  Barker III, Vincent L ^a   Patterson Jr , Paul W ^b   Mueller, George C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee ^*

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