The mystification of organizational learning

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-30

  Friedman, Victor J ^a   Lipshitz, Raanan ^b   Popper, Micha ^b  

^a Emek Yezreel College   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Learning organization; Organization learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544295413     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492604273758     Document Type: Review

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