Leadership development via action learning

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-240

  Leonard, H Skipton ^a,b   Lang, Fred ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American University's Masters Program   (United States)

^c US Department of Commerce   (United States)

Author keywords

Action learning; Leadership; Leadership development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951448231     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: 15523055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422310367800     Document Type: Article

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