Ten Years after A Major Malfunction.: Reflections on “The Challenger Syndrome”

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 282-292

  Maier, Mark ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038454773     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492602113013     Document Type: Article

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