Dialogue and dialectics in managing organizational change: The case of a mission‐based transformation

Southern Communication Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-231

  Kellett, Peter M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 85007810243     PISSN: 1041794X     EISSN: 19303203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10417949909373135     Document Type: Article

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