Effective organizational vision: Implications for human resource development

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 100-111

  Foster, Rex D ^a   Akdere, Mesut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resource development; Leadership; Organizational culture; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846973062     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/0309059074336     Document Type: Article

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