Systemic human relations in dynamic equilibrium

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-34

  Wadsworth, Yoland ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Change process; Living systems; Stable structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749003838     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-007-9080-6     Document Type: Article

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