Do downsizing decisions affect organisational knowledge and performance?

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-129

  Sitlington, Helen ^a   Marshall, Verena ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Downsizing; Learning organizations; Organizational restructuring; Strategic change

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751630102     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111094473     Document Type: Article

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