A positive approach to stress, resistance, and organizational change

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 1794-1798

  Tavakoli, Mahin ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Organizational change; Organizational psychology; Organizational stress; Positive psychology; Resistance to organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549274039     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.07.366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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