Measuring resistance to change: an instrument and its application

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 353-367

  Waddell, Dianne ^a   Sohal, Amrik S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia manufacturing management; change management; manufacturing; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 16444363358     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.1999.004468     Document Type: Article

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