The politics of imagined stability: A psychodynamic understanding of change at Hyder plc

Human Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1189-1208

  Vince, Russ ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotions; Management of change; Organizational behaviour; Politics; Psychodynamic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036798322     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726702055010080     Document Type: Article

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