Readiness for Change: Contributions for Employee's Level of Individual Change and Turnover Intentions

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-231

  Neves, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

commitment to change; individual change; Readiness for change

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949102250     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697010902879178     Document Type: Article

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