Sustainable change: Long-term efforts toward developing a learning organization

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 521-549

  Sackmann, Sonja A ^a   Eggenhofer Rehart, Petra M ^a   Friesl, Martin ^b  

^a BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Learning organization; Longitudinal study; Role perception; Strategic change implementation; Survey feedback; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549097273     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886309346001     Document Type: Article

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