Leadership and organisational behaviour-similarities between three award-winning organisations

International Journal of Management Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-345

  Larsson, Johan ^a   Bäckström, Ingela ^a   Wiklund, Håkan ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Effectiveness; Health; Leadership; Management practice; Quality management; Successful organisations; Workplace health promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049130008     PISSN: 14779064     EISSN: 17418143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMP.2009.026960     Document Type: Article

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