The impact of work-related values on the readiness to change in estonian organizations

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-124

  Alas, Ruth ^a  

^a ESTONIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward change; Estonia; Ethics; Organizational change; Organizational learning; Work related values

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249160167     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9838-5     Document Type: Article

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