Fight or flight: Managing stigma in executive careers

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 557-567

  Semadeni, Matthew ^a   Cannella Jr , Albert A ^b   Fraser, Donald R ^c   Lee, D Scott ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive career management; Failure; Financial distress; Management turnover; Managerial labor markets; Ship jumping; Stigma

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CAREER MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL DISTRESS; MANAGERIAL LABOR MARKETS; STIGMA;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 42149155442     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.661     Document Type: Article

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