First steps: Linking change communication to change receptivity

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 370-387

  Frahm, Jennifer ^a   Brown, Kerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change management; Communication; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249663757     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810710740191     Document Type: Article

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