Strategic change and organisational restructuring: How managers negotiate change initiatives

Journal of International Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 284-301

  Taplin, Ian M ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

High performance work systems; Management resistance; Negotiating change; Organisation change; Restructured work

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749066738     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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