Employee alignment with strategic change: A study of strategy-supportive behavior among blue-collar employees

Journal of Managerial Issues

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 425-443

  Gagnon, Mark A ^a   Jansen, Karen J ^b   Michael, Judd H ^c  

^a Bay Tree Technologies

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58049091731     PISSN: 10453695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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