From support to mutiny: Shifting legitimacy judgments and emotional reactions impacting the implementation of radical change

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1650-1680

  Huy, Quy Nguyen ^a   Corley, Kevin G ^b   Kraatz, Matthew S ^c  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84918499138     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0074     Document Type: Review

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