Team change climate: A group-level analysis of the relationships among change information and change participation, role stressors, and well-being

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 551-586

  Rafferty, Alannah E ^a   Jimmieson, Nerina L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change information; Change participation; Distress; Role stressors; Team change climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956700465     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320903007869     Document Type: Article

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