Caught between a rock and a hard place: From individually experienced double binds to collaborative change in surgery

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 388-399

  Kerosuo, Hannele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Change management; Individual conflict; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959267361     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534811111132767     Document Type: Article

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