Organizational Change Content, Process, and Context: A Simultaneous Analysis of Employee Reactions

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-229

  Self, Dennis R ^a   Armenakis, Achilles A ^b   Schraeder, Mike ^a  

^a TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

change content; change context; change justification; change process; impact of change; Organizational change; organizational communication; perceived organizational support

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449087364     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697010701461129     Document Type: Article

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