Radical changes, ideology, dwindling membership and financial distress: A macro longitudinal study

European Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 291-305

  Sheaffer, Zachary ^a   Honig, Benson ^b   Zionit, Shaul ^c   Yeheskel, Orly ^d  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dwindling membership; Financial distress; Ideology; Kibbutzim; Radical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960220057     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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