Organisational defences revisited: Systems and contexts

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 408-421

  Hyde, Paula ^a   Thomas, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health service; Management; Organisational change; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986009694     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940210432646     Document Type: Article

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