How leadership characteristics affect organizational decline and downsizing

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-378

  Carmeli, Abraham ^a   Sheaffer, Zachary ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Industry decline; Leadership; Organizational decline; Organizational downsizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349148866     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9852-7     Document Type: Article

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