Strategic leadership for exploration and exploitation: The moderating role of environmental dynamism

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-18

  Jansen, Justin J P ^a   Vera, Dusya ^b   Crossan, Mary ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental dynamism; Exploration exploitation; Innovation; Organizational learning; Strategic leadership; Transformational and transactional leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 58349086999     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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