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Public Organization Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Hamidullah, Madinah F ^a   Wilkins, Vicky M ^a   Meier, Kenneth J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive organizations; Executive replacement; Inside Outside promotion; Managerial succession; Organizational performance; Selection decision

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449117242     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-008-0062-7     Document Type: Article

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