Leader group prototypicality and resistance to organizational change: The moderating role of need for closure and team identification

TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-40

  Pierro, Antonio ^a,d   Cicero, Lavinia ^a   Bonaiuto, Marino ^a   Van Knippenberg, Daan ^b   Kruglanski, Arie W ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leader group prototypicality; Need for closure; Organizational change; Social identity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955209519     PISSN: 19726325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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