Cognitive representations of institutional change: Similarities and dissimilarities in the cognitive schema of entrepreneurs

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-28

  Cătălina Iederan, Oana ^a   Lucian Curşeu, Petru ^b   Vermeulen, Patrick A M ^b   Geurts, Jac L A ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Decision making; Entrepreneurs; Organizational change; Romania; Strategic choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551649968     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534811111102265     Document Type: Article

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