Diversity Management in Organizational Change: Towards a Systemic Framework

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-242

  Cao, Guangming ^a   Clarke, Steve ^b   Lehaney, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change management; Framework; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE;

MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM THEORY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 0038403846     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.530     Document Type: Article

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