Organizational Change as a Process of Death, Dying, and Rebirth

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-96

  Zell, Deone ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

grief and mourning; group dynamics; Kubler Ross; organizational change; psychoanalysis; resistance to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342277795     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886303039001004     Document Type: Article

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