The fatal smirk: Insider accounts of organizational change processes in a police organization

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-191

  Jacobs, Gabriele ^a   Keegan, Anne ^a   Christe Zeyse, Jochen ^b   Seeberg, Ilka ^c   Runde, Bernd ^d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Polizei Führungsakademie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^d Department of Institute for Police Training and Development ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Change management; Germany; Organizational change; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644590677     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810610648898     Document Type: Article

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