Situational and organizational determinants of turnaround

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1203-1224

  Francis, John D ^a   Desai, Ashay B ^b  

^a IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Management strategy; Management technique; Performance appraisal; Professional associations; United States of America; Workplace training

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844518866     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510626272     Document Type: Article

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