Unpacking unintended consequences in planned organizational change: A process model

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-28

  Jian, Guowei ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational change; Organizational tension; Structuration theory; Unintended consequences

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448944218     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318907301986     Document Type: Article

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