The mechanistic structure shift and strategic reorientation in declining firms attempting turnarounds

Human Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1227-1258

  Barker III, Vincent L ^a   Mone, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chief executive succession; Corporate turnaround attempts; Financial crises; Organizational decline; Organizational structure; Strategic change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039065137     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679805101002     Document Type: Article

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