Leadership succession and the emergence of an organizational identity threat

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-201

  Balser, Deborah B ^a   Carmin, Jo Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 80955178477     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.248     Document Type: Article

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