Executive derailment: Three cases in point and how to prevent it

Global Business and Organizational Excellence

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 48-56

  Capretta, Cara ^a,c   Clark, Lawrence P ^a,b   Dai, Guangrong ^c  

^a Korn/Ferry International   (United States)

^b Korn/Ferry Institute

^c Lominger International ^*

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EID: 39649107953     PISSN: 19322054     EISSN: 19322062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joe.20203     Document Type: Article

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2. Ibid.;
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