Aesthetics from a design perspective

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 346-358

  Weggeman, Mathieu ^a   Lammers, Irene ^b   Akkermans, Henk ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Organizational change; Organizational design; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249734711     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810710740173     Document Type: Article

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