Reframing resistance to change: Experience from General Motors Poland

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2021-2034

  Dobosz Bourne, Dorota ^a   Jankowicz, A D ^a  

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EID: 34250892701     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190600965431     Document Type: Article

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