Attitudes toward organizational change: Effects of self-interest, competitive values, and ethnicity

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-406

  Chen, Chao C ^a   Ditomaso, Nancy ^a   Farris, George F ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMPETITIVE VALUES; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES;

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS;

EID: 0033334997     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.797962     Document Type: Article

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