Organizational diversity and shared vision: Resolving the paradox of exploratory and exploitative learning

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-101

  Wang, Catherine L ^a   Rafiq, Mohammed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Organizational culture; Workplace training

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849105473     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060910928184     Document Type: Article

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