The social construction of organizational change paradoxes

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 491-502

  Luscher, Lotte S ^a   Lewis, Marianne ^b   Ingram, Amy ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational change; Role ambiguity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746141267     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810610676680     Document Type: Review

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