Hormesis: An evolutionary "predict and prepare" survival mechanism

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 673-687

  Pech, Richard J ^a   Oakley, Katherine E ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Learning organizations; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744475721     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730510633737     Document Type: Article

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