Authentic Work and Organizational Change: Longitudinal Evidence from a Merger

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-51

  Kira, Mari ^a   Balkin, David B ^b   San, Elina ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; identity; identity work; job crafting; merger

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859489758     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697017.2011.652374     Document Type: Article

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