The politics of middle management sensemaking and sensegiving

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-215

  Ole, Hope ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Change; Middle management; Politics; Power; Sensegiving; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960583987     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697011003795669     Document Type: Article

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