Conversational profiles: A tool for altering the conversational patterns of change managers

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-467

  Ford, Jeffrey D ^a,c   Ford, Laurie W ^b,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Critical Path Consultants ^*

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Critical Path Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Change agents; Change management; Communication; Conversations; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149264907     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886308322076     Document Type: Article

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