Interpreting change as controllable: The role of network centrality and self-efficacy

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 835-859

  Vardaman, James M ^a   Amis, John M ^b   Dyson, Benedict P ^c   Wright, Paul M ^d   van de Graaff Randolph, Robert ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

change readiness; controllability; network centrality; No Child Left Behind; organizational change; public management; self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863205042     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712441642     Document Type: Article

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