Productive resistance: A study of change, emotions, and identity in the context of the apostolic visitation of U.S. Women religious, 2008-2012

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 259-300

  Giorgi, Simona ^a   Guider, Margaret E ^b   Bartunek, Jean M ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catholic church; Emotions; Identity; Institutional change; Religion; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901405065     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X20140000041016     Document Type: Review

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