Improvisation and learning in organizations-an opportunity for future empirical research

Management Learning

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-456

  Vendelø, Morten Thanning ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Empirical studies; Improvisation; Jazz; Learning; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349333468     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507609339684     Document Type: Article

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