OD practitioners as facilitators of change: An analysis of survey results

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-66

  Church, Allan H ^a   Waclawski, Janine ^a   Warner Burke, W ^b  

^a W Warner Burke Associates Inc

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

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EID: 0030556506     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601196211003     Document Type: Article

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