Sustainability and organizational change

The Routledge Companion to Organizational Change

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 535-551

  Benn, Suzanne ^a   Kearins, Kate ^b  

^a UTS Faculty of Business   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84878953429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203810279-44     Document Type: Chapter

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