Enhancing adaptability: Leadership strategies to accommodate change in local government settings

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 134-155

  Parry, Ken W ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Grounded theory; Leadership; Local government

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033415001     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534819910263677     Document Type: Article

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