Naturalistic decision making and organizational learning in nuclear power plants: Negotiating meaning between managers and problem investigation teams

Organization Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1037-1057

  Carroll, John S ^a   Hatakenaka, Sachi ^b,d   Rudolph, Jenny W ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Independent Scholar ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Naturalistic decision making; Organizational learning; Team learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745952065     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606065709     Document Type: Article

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