The effective management of mergers

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 447-454

  Nguyen, Han ^a   Kleiner, Brian H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Communication; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986076349     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730310505876     Document Type: Article

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