Effects of Change Interventions: What Kind of Evidence Do We Really Have?

Despite the popularity of organizational change management, the question arises whether its prescriptions are based on solid and convergent evidence. To answer this question, a systematic review was conducted of organizational change management research published in scholarly journals during the pas...

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Published in:The Journal of applied behavioral science 2014-03, Vol.50 (1), p.5-27
Main Authors: Barends, Eric, Janssen, Barbara, ten Have, Wouter, ten Have, Steven
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