A Buddhist view of leadership: The case of the OTOP project

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 737-758

  Kemavuthanon, Suvaroj ^a   Duberley, Joanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE THAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefits; Leadership; Philanthropy; Social behaviour; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949123103     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730911003902     Document Type: Article

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