Daily work contexts and resistance to organisational change: The role of leader-member exchange, development climate, and change process characteristics

Applied Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 313-334

  Van Dam, Karen ^a   Oreg, Shaul ^b   Schyns, Birgit ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 40549144410     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2007.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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