Resistance to change: a literature review and empirical study

Management Decision

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-155

  Pardo Del Val, Manuela ^a   Martínez Fuentes, Clara ^a  

^a Polibienestar Research Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

Organizational change; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986146115     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740310457597     Document Type: Review

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