Breakdowns in implementing models of organization change

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 58-74

  Van De Ven, Andrew ^a   Sun, Kangyong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 80054850471     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMP.2011.63886530     Document Type: Article

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