Bringing organizational demography back in: Time, change, and structure in top management team research

The Handbook of Research on Top Management Teams

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 49-70

  Beckman, Christine M ^a   Burton, M Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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