EVOLVING INTERPRETATIONS AS A CHANGE UNFOLDS: HOW MANAGERS CONSTRUE KEY ORGANIZATIONAL EVENTS.
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 March 1990
Lynn Isabella
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The purpose of this research was to develop a model of how managers construe organizational events as a change unfolds. The model, built from in-depth interviews with 40 managers, suggests that int...
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