Myths as a vehicle for transforming organizations

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-57

  Movva, Ramakrishna ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Myths; Organizational change; Organizational culture; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644622019     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730410512769     Document Type: Article

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