The Way We Were: Legacy Organizational Identity and the Role of Leadership

Corporate Reputation Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 262-276

  Walsh, Ian J ^a   Glynn, Mary Ann ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

leadership; legacy; organizational death; organizational identity; sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956092560     PISSN: 13633589     EISSN: 14791889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/crr.2008.20     Document Type: Article

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