Are companies planning their organisational changes for corporate sustainability? An analysis of three case studies on resistance to change and their strategies to overcome it

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 275-295

  Lozano, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Change management; Corporate sustainability; Organisations; Resistance to change; Social systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883800755     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1290     Document Type: Article

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