Environmental change, human resources and organizational turnaround

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 835-863

  Boyne, George A ^a,c   Meier, Kenneth J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 66249086224     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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