What motivates the significant/strategic change champion(s)?

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-160

  Chrusciel, Donald ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Intelligence; Leadership; Management technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649105278     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810810856408     Document Type: Article

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