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SPECIAL SECTION: OPERANT ANALYSIS OF POWER AND RESISTANCE TO CHANGE

Using the Operant and Strategic Contingencies Models of Power to Understand Resistance to Change

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Pages 3-22 | Published online: 08 Sep 2008

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