Facilitating organizational change: a test of leadership strategies

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 262-272

  Holt, Daniel T ^a   Self, Dennis R ^b   Thal, Alfred E ^a   Steven, W ^a  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (Japan)

^b Troy State University   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Change management; Influence; Leadership; Organizational change; Participative management; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986059645     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730310485761     Document Type: Article

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