Harnessing diversity and collective action in the Top Management Team

Long Range Planning

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 399-419

  Jarzabkowski, Paula ^a   Searle, Rosalind H ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b British Psychology Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PRODUCTIVITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; STRATEGIC CAPACITY; TMT DIVERSITY; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM (TMT);

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

EID: 7744240412     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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