CEO commitment to the status Quo: Replication and extension using content analysis

Journal of Management

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1251-1277

  McClelland, Patrick L ^a   Liang, Xin ^b   Barker III, Vincent L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

CEOs; Change; Content analysis; Executive beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955197438     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206309345019     Document Type: Article

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