A discourse-based theory of organizational change

Academy of Management 2009 Annual Meeting: Green Management Matters, AOM 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Grant, David ^a   Marshak, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational change; Organizational discourse

Indexed keywords

MANAGING CHANGES; MULTILEVELS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL DISCOURSE; THEORETICAL MODELING;

EID: 85088715608     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2009.44243469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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