Developing a framework for the "why" in change outcomes: The importance of employees' appraisal of changes

Prerequisites for Healthy Organizational Change

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 76-86

  Nielsen, Karina ^a   Randall, Raymond ^b   Brenner, Sten Olof ^a   Albertsen, Karen ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78649694790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/9781608050116109010176     Document Type: Chapter

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