The patterning of limited structural change

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 829-846

  Schwarz, Gavin M ^a   Shulman, Arthur D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change management; Organizational change; Organizational restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348923623     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810710831046     Document Type: Article

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