Critical Aspects of Organizational Learning Research and Proposals for Its Measurement

British Journal of Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-129

  Lähteenmäki, Satu ^a   Toivonen, Jouko ^a   Mattila, Merja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Oy Leiras Finland Ab   (Finland)

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EID: 1542466350     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.00189     Document Type: Review

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