Organizational change: The role of managers' mental models

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-320

  Valle Santos, Ma ^a   Teresa Garcia, Ma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

decision; evaluation; managers' attitudes; mental models; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549012967     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697010600963084     Document Type: Article

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