Does governance confer organisational resilience? Evidence from UK employee owned businesses

European Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-72

  Lampel, Joseph ^a   Bhalla, Ajay ^a   Jha, Pushkar P ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee owned business; Employee ownership; Firm performance; Organisational resilience; Ownership and governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892534741     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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