When rules and principles are not enough: Insiders' views and narratives on the global financial crisis

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-67

  Knyght, Reeves ^a   Kakabadse, Nada ^b   Kakabadse, Andrew ^a   Kouzmin, Alexander ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bonus culture; Financial markets; Global financial crisis; Princes of industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952013563     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697017.2010.516269     Document Type: Article

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