Be careful what you ask for: How inquiry strategy influences readiness mode

Organisation Management Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-122

  Sekerka, Leslie E ^a   Zolin, Roxanne ^b   Smith, J Goosby ^c  

^a Menlo College   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Organizational development and change; Positive organizational scholarship; Readiness for change

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649119096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15416518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/omj.2009.15     Document Type: Article

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