Coping with the stress of transformational change in a government department

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 204-221

  Robinson, Oliver ^a   Griffiths, Amanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Organizational stress; Transformational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144473369     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886304270336     Document Type: Review

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