Onboarding externally hired executives: Avoiding derailment - accelerating contribution

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-178

  Dai, Guangrong ^a   De Meuse, Kenneth P ^a   Gaeddert, Dee ^a  

^a Korn/Ferry Leadership and Talent Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaching; Executive derailment; Leadership development; Management transition; Onboarding; Strategic HR

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953883539     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.2011.17.2.165     Document Type: Article

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