Exploring challenges to transformational leadership communication about employment equity: Managing organizational change in South Africa

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 390-406

  Leonard, Anné ^a   Grobler, Anské F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Change management; Communication; Employment; Equal opportunities; South Africa; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992999782     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632540610714827     Document Type: Article

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