Strategic organizational change: The role of leadership, learning, motivation and productivity

Management Decision

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 289-301

  Appelbaum, Steven H ^a   St Pierre, Normand ^b   Glavas, William ^c  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce   (Canada)

^c PRATT AND WHITNEY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leadership; Management learning; Motivation; Organizational change; Productivity; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986043659     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749810220496     Document Type: Article

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