Leadership in a network of communities: A phenomenographic study

Learning Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-40

  MacGillivray, Alice ^a  

^a FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Complexity theory; Leadership; Learning; Networking; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349092370     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696471011008224     Document Type: Article

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