Linking top manager attributions to strategic reorientation in declining firms attempting turnarounds

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 963-979

  Barker III, Vincent L ^a   Barr, Pamela S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal attributions; Decline; Organisation change; Turnaround

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036887423     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(00)00217-4     Document Type: Article

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