Organizational development interventions: An artifaction perspective

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-32

  Romme, A Georges L ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

artifaction; ascription; displacement; intervention; organizational change; organizational development; practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952254700     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886310390864     Document Type: Article

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