CEO perceptions and corporate turnaround

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 407-428

  Clapham, Stephen E ^a   Schwenk, Charles R ^b   Caldwell, Cam ^c  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Long Island University ^*  (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identifiers: turnaround; organizational change; social identity; strategic change

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549162309     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697010500359276     Document Type: Article

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