Organizational learning and resistance to change in Estonian companies

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-331

  Alas, Ruth ^a   Sharifi, Sudi ^b  

^a Estonian Business School   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organizational Change; Organizational Learning; Resistance To Change

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844240508     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860210143550     Document Type: Article

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