Toward a theory of leadership in complex systems: Computational modeling explorations

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-310

  Hazy, James K ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Complexity theory; Computation modeling; Computational organization theory; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349089589     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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