Tuning into the emotional drama of change: extending the consultant's bandwidth

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-258

  Jarrett, Michael ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

change management; consulting interventions; organizational dynamics; psychoanalytic and counter transference; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950298508     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1469701042000255383     Document Type: Article

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