When plans change: Examining how people evaluate timing changes in work organizations

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 566-585

  Blount, Sally ^a   Janicik, Gregory A ^a  

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DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2001.5393892     Document Type: Review

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