CEO tenure in nonprofit community-based organizations: A multiple case study

Career Development International

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 56-60

  Santora, Joseph C ^a   Sarros, James C ^b  

^a Daedalus Consulting Group   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Non profit organizations; Top management; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449101599     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430110381043     Document Type: Article

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