Downsizing: Measuring the costs of failure

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 436-463

  Appelbaum, Steven H ^a   Lavigne Schmidt, Suzanne ^a   Peytchev, Mihail ^a   Shapiro, Barbara ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

BPR; Career development; Downsizing; Management structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037918     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621719910273578     Document Type: Article

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