Professional discourses and resistance to change

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 798-818

  Pieterse, Jos H ^a   Caniëls, Marjolein C J ^b   Homan, Thijs ^b  

^a FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Discourse; Linguistics; Organizational change; Professional groups; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867716241     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534811211280573     Document Type: Article

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