Leadership and the company turnaround process

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-47

  Harker, Michael ^a   Sharma, Bishnu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developments; Innovation; Leadership; Organizational change; Turnarounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173874     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730010310721     Document Type: Article

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