Economic liberalization and the antecedents of top management teams: Evidence from turkish 'big' business

British Journal of Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-194

  Yamak, Sibel ^a   Üsdiken, Behlül ^b  

^a GALATASARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 33747357749     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2006.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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