Organizational Change: A Conceptual Framework to Advance the Evidence Base

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-90

  Packard, Thomas ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

employee surveys; evidence based practice; human service organizations; implementation science; organization development; Organizational change; organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872415390     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2013.739534     Document Type: Article

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