Open-processional change: Three principles of reciprocal-relational power

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-216

  Ford, Randal ^a  

^a Malik and Seeme Hasan School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

critical postmodern interventions; open processional change; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862218465     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697010600683161     Document Type: Article

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