The impact of manager and top management identification on the relationship between perceived organizational justice and change-oriented behavior

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 555-583

  Fuchs, Sebastian ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate identity; Managers; Organizational change management; Organizational change support; Organizational identification; Organizational justice; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052582875     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437731111161067     Document Type: Article

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