Mindfulness and the Development of a Readiness for Change

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-51

  Gondo, Maria ^a   Patterson, Karen D W ^a   Palacios, Sarah Trujillo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

mindfulness; Organizational change; readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875955221     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697017.2013.768431     Document Type: Article

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