Leadership, administrative heritage and absorptive capacity

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 727-748

  Dixon, Sarah E A ^a   Day, Marc ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change management; Oil industry; Russia; Senior management

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148987307     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730710835461     Document Type: Article

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