Misery loves company: The spread of negative impacts resulting from an organizational crisis

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 452-472

  Tieying, Yu ^a   Sengul, Metin ^b   Lester, Richard H ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INSEAD ^*

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 42249112076     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2008.31193499     Document Type: Article

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