Perceptions of organizational readiness for change: Factors related to employees' reactions to the implementation of team-based selling

Human Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 419-442

  Eby, Lillian T ^a   Adams, Danielle M ^b   Russell, Joyce E A ^c   Gaby, Stephen H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Towers Perrin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational change; Readiness for change; Team based organizations; Work teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040736048     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726700533006     Document Type: Article

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