Toward a framework for understanding the distressed organization: Insights from practitioner-based organizational interventions in an emerging economy

Consulting Psychology Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 246-258

  Puplampu, Bill Buenar ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Business School   (Ghana)

^b PsyconHR   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745122478     PISSN: 10659293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1065-9293.57.4.246     Document Type: Review

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