The Learning Organization, Sensegiving and Psychological Contracts: A Hong Kong Case

Organization Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Snell, Robin S ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

BPR; Ideology; Leadership; Organizational learning; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141755163     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840602234003     Document Type: Review

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