Crazy versus epoxy glueing: Control and trust in the merger of human service organizations

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-61

  Teram, Eli ^a   Igra, Uri ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Turning Point Youth Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mergers; Organizational control; Organizational culture; Trust; Youth and children services

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444280476     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v29n01_04     Document Type: Review

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