Resistance: A constructive tool for change management

Management Decision

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 543-548

  Waddell, Dianne ^a   Sohal, Amrik S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change management; Organizational change; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993077387     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749810232628     Document Type: Article

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