A grounded theory for resistance to change in a small organization

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 292-310

  Macrì, Diego Maria ^a   Tagliaventi, Maria Rita ^b   Bertolotti, Fabiola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Grounded theory; Organizational change; Resistance; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036017803     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810210429327     Document Type: Article

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