Primary and Secondary Barriers to the Evaluation of Change: Evidence from Two Public Sector Organizations

Evaluation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-154

  Skinner, Denise ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

barriers; change management; evaluation; organizational change; public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905197381     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389004045078     Document Type: Article

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