Developmental magic? Two takes on a dialogue conference

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-25

  Ekman Philips, Marianne ^a   Huzzard, Tony ^a  

^a Division of Epidemiology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action research; Health authorities; Metaphors; Organizational change; Organizational development; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846966618     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810710715252     Document Type: Article

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