Organization learning disorders: conceptual model and intervention hypotheses

Human Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 873-895

  Snyder, William M ^a   Cummings, Thomas G ^b,c  

^a Social Capital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning organization; Organization knowledge; Organization learning; Organization learning disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 22044447336     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679805100702     Document Type: Article

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