Positioning change recipients' attitudes toward change in the organizational change literature

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 500-531

  Bouckenooghe, Dave ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

attitudes toward change; change management; thematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650131095     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886310367944     Document Type: Article

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