Leading in limbo land: The role of a leader during merger and acquisition transition

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 146-150

  Thach, Liz ^a   Nyman, Mark ^b  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AT and T   (United States)

Author keywords

Competences; Leadership; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104568     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730110395033     Document Type: Article

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