Overcoming Resistance to Change and Enhancing Creative Performance

Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 919-941

  Hon, Alice H Y ^a   Bloom, Matt ^b   Crant, J Michael ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

climate; coworker; employee creativity; leadership; resistance to change; sense making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894701120     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206311415418     Document Type: Article

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