Is development of organisational culture a path-dependent process?

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-76

  Helo, Petri ^a   Kekäle, Tauno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Change; Innovation; Learning; Organisation culture; Path dependency

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE;

EID: 30644470507     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2006.008180     Document Type: Article

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