A Grounded Model of Organizational Schema Change during Empowerment

Organization Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 235-257

  Labianca, Giuseppe ^a   Gray, Barbara ^b   Brass, Daniel J ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Empowerment; Organization Change Process; Organizational Schemas; Resistance to Change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034398103     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.11.2.235.12512     Document Type: Article

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