Coaching can be storyselling: Creating change through crises of confidence

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 532-559

  Letiche, Hugo ^a   v Boeschoten, Robert ^a   Dugal, Sanjev ^a   Lapp, Cheryl A ^b   Carr, Adrian N ^c  

^a Labyrinth Consulting ^*

^b Labyrinth Consulting   (Canada)

^c Research Centre for Social Justice and Change   (Australia)

Author keywords

Narratives; Organizational change; Social dynamics; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349120191     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810810903207     Document Type: Article

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