Applying the Del Technique to the Analysis of Cross-Classification Data: A Test of Ceo Succession and Top Management Team Development

This article introduces to the organizational sciences a relatively new cross-classification analysis technique based on a statistic called Hildebrand's del. Del is shown to be superior to the othe...

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