Change agents, networks, and institutions: A contingency theory of organizational change

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 381-398

  Battilana, Julie ^a   Casciaro, Tiziana ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84860500596     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2009.0891     Document Type: Article

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