A Habermasian approach to justice in organizational change: Synthesizing the technical and philosophical perspectives

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-34

  Stephens, Carroll Underwood ^a   Cobb, Anthony T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Organizational change; Organizational philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033430002     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534819910255298     Document Type: Article

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