Organizational culture in public sector organizations. Promoting change through training and leading by example

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 492-502

  Schraeder, Mike ^a,b   Tears, Rachel S ^b   Jordan, Mark H ^c  

^a TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

^c Maxwell Gunter AFB   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Organizational culture; Organizations; Public sector; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044469643     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730510617681     Document Type: Article

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