Predicting openness and commitment to change

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 485-498

  Chawla, Anuradha ^a   Kevin Kelloway, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change management; Communication; Justice; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992963179     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730410556734     Document Type: Article

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