Influence of personal mastery on organizational performance through organizational learning and innovation in large firms and SMEs

Technovation

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 547-568

  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

Organizational innovation; Organizational learning; Performance; Personal mastery; Size

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PERSONAL MASTERY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34548140122     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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