Change fatigue: Development and initial validation of a new measure

Work and Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-337

  Bernerth, Jeremy B ^a   Walker, Jack H ^b   Harris, Stanley G ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

change fatigue; commitment; exhaustion; organizational change; stress; turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863421273     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2011.634280     Document Type: Article

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