Leadership, development and learning mechanisms: System transformation as a balancing act

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-84

  Mitki, Yoram ^a   Shani, A B ^b   Stjernberg, Torbjörn ^c  

^a RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change management; Leadership; Learning; System transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349092931     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730810845306     Document Type: Article

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