To have to halve to have: "being" in the middle in changing time's space

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 655-687

  Lapp, Cheryl A ^a   Carr, Adrian N ^b  

^a Labyrinth Consulting   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change management; Employee relations; Management technique; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747089519     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810610686085     Document Type: Article

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