Resistance to organizational change: The role of cognitive and affective processes

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 372-382

  Bovey, Wayne H ^a   Hede, Andy ^b  

^a Bovey Management (Certified Consultants)   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Individual behaviour; Organizational behaviour; Organizational change; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180682     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730110410099     Document Type: Article

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