Managers, hierarchies and perceptions: A study of UK managers

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-68

  Worrall, Les ^a   Cooper, Cary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change management; Delayering; Organizational behaviour; Organizational change; Redundancy; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744435792     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940410520655     Document Type: Article

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