Reflective decisions: The use of Socratic dialogue in managing organizational change

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 991-1007

  Skordoulis, Rosemary ^a   Dawson, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Employee attitudes; Employee involvement; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250370844     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710762044     Document Type: Article

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