Sanding down the edges: Paradoxical impediments to organizational change

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-24

  Molinsky, Andrew L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4243185206     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886399351002     Document Type: Article

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