A stages of change perspective on managers' motivation to learn in a leadership development context

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 774-793

  Harris, Stanley G ^a   Cole, Michael S ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Leadership; Leadership development; Learning; Managers; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348821938     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810710831019     Document Type: Article

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