Higher development, brain integration, and excellence in leadership

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 872-894

  Harung, Harald ^a   Travis, Fred ^b   Blank, Warren ^c   Heaton, Dennis ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c The Leadership Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Consciousness; Human resource development; Leadership; Performance levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949198041     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910966631     Document Type: Article

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