Barriers to organizational learning: An integration of theory and research

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-360

  Schilling, Jan ^a   Kluge, Annette ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 68949125752     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: 14682370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2008.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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