Organization Development: A Question of Fit for Universities

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-310

  Torraco, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

change; higher education; organization development; theories of change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990385518     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422305277171     Document Type: Article

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