Enhancing the success of organizational change: Matching readiness strategies with sources of resistance

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-182

  Self, Dennis R ^a   Schraeder, Mike ^a  

^a TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Organizational change; Strategic change

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349620599     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730910935765     Document Type: Article

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