Developing and validating a quantitative measure of organizational courage

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-23

  Kilmann, Ralph H ^a   O'Hara, Linda A ^b   Strauss, Judy P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contagion; Courage; Emotions; Fear; Organizational development; Quantum organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649123600     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-009-9125-1     Document Type: Article

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