Organisational learning categories: Their influence on organisational performance

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 518-536

  García Morales, Víctor J ^a   Lloréns Montes, Francisco Javier ^a   Verdú Jover, Antonio J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conscious and unconscious; Experience; Failure; Level learning; Organisational learning categories; Organisational performance; Success

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33747881515     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijil.2006.010487     Document Type: Article

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