Creative Chaos versus Munificent Momentum: The Schism between Normative and Academic Views of Organizational Change

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-78

  Miller, Danny ^a   Greenwood, Royston ^b   Hinings, Bob ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84990338755     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105649269761014     Document Type: Article

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