Managing and coping with organizational failure: Introduction to the special issue

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 531-541

  Mellahi, Kamel ^a   Wilkinson, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77957986778     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601110383404     Document Type: Article

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