Exploring dispositional resistance to change

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-183

  Saksvik, Ingvild Berg ^a   Hetland, Hilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Organizational change; Personality; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149159151     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051809335357     Document Type: Article

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