Optimising the effects of leadership development programmes: A framework f or analysing the learning and transfer of leadership skills

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 975-987

  Burke, Veronica ^a   Collins, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Leadership development; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 24744443135     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510609974     Document Type: Article

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