Empowerment, predisposition to resist change, and support for organizational change

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 426-437

  Lamm, Eric ^a   Gordon, Judith R ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Organizational change; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955422236     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051809355595     Document Type: Article

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