Size, structure and change implementation: An empirical comparison of small and large organizations

Management Research News

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-320

  Ford, Matthew W ^a  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Large enterprises; Organizational change; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149117261     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170910944272     Document Type: Article

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