Organizational change and the importance of embedded assumptions

British Journal of Management

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Palmer, Ian ^a   Dunford, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 43049142642     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2008.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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