Organizational change recipients' beliefs scale: Development of an assessment instrument

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 481-505

  Armenakis, Achilles A ^a   Bernerth, Jeremy B ^b   Pitts, Jennifer P ^c   Walker, H Jack ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbus State University ^*

^c Columbus State University   (United States)

^d RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change assessment; Change recipients' beliefs; Evaluating change; Organizational change; Planning change

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148969981     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886307303654     Document Type: Article

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