Organizational assessment in the midst of tumultuous change

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 332-348

  Schraeder, Mike ^a  

^a TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Individual perception; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993090073     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730410538662     Document Type: Article

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