New CEO openness to change and strategic persistence: The moderating role of industry characteristics

British Journal of Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-114

  Datta, Deepak K ^a   Rajagopalan, Nandini ^b   Zhang, Yan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037669739     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.00268     Document Type: Review

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