Change in(ter)ventions to organizational learning: Bravo to leaders as unifying agents

Learning Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 524-552

  Yeo, Roland K ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Discipline; Leadership; Learning organizations; Organizational change; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848853944     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470710825132     Document Type: Article

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