The learning organization: Tracking progress in a developing country: A comparative analysis using the DLOQ

Learning Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-121

  Jamali, Dima ^a   Sidani, Yusuf ^a   Zouein, Charbel ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Diagnostic testing; Learning organizations; Lebanon; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949129014     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470910939198     Document Type: Article

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