The topic of corporate distress and turnaround has been of interest to organizational change theory for many decades. This article considers existing reviews in discussing the current body of turnaround literature across multiple research fields and structures its work along a holistic...

Drawing on the knowledge-based view of the firm, we develop and test a theoretical model linking high-performance work systems (HPWS) and workforce productivity via employee exchange and combination of knowledge. A test of our model in a sample of junior enterprises in Germany supports the...

This paper analyses the role of consulting success and contingent fees as two important pillars of a theory of management consulting. In view of public criticism, contingent fees are not only considered as a possible implication of the success evaluation of consulting activities, but also as an...