The impact of feedback from job and task autonomy in the relationship between dispositional resistance to change and innovative work behaviour

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-41

  Battistelli, Adalgisa ^a   Montani, Francesco ^a   Odoardi, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Feedback; Innovation; Innovative behaviour; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872588478     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2011.616653     Document Type: Article

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