Success and failure in organizational change: An exploration of the role of values

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-162

  Burnes, Bernard ^a   Jackson, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Jackson Solutions   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ECLET; Graves; Organizational change; Value systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958185105     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697017.2010.524655     Document Type: Article

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