Patterns of Discomfort with Organizational Change

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-24

  Bareil, Céline ^a   Savoie, André ^b   Meunier, Sophie ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

discomfort with change; Organizational change; pattern of responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749284499     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697010701232025     Document Type: Article

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