Organizational support for intrapreneurship and its interaction with human capital to enhance innovative performance

Management Decision

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 732-755

  Alpkan, Lutfihak ^a   Bulut, Cagri ^b   Gunday, Gurhan ^c   Ulusoy, Gunduz ^d   Kilic, Kemal ^d  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YASAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

^d SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Human capital; Innovation; Organizational development; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952905502     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741011043902     Document Type: Article

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