Adapting to change: The value of change information and meaning-making

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-21

  Van den Heuvel, Machteld ^a   Demerouti, Evangelia ^b   Bakker, Arnold B ^c   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Adaptive attitudes; Adaptive behavior; Change information; Meaning making; Organisational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877121335     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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