The manager as coach as a driver of organizational development

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-306

  Ladyshewsky, Richard K ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coaching; Corporate strategy; Managers; Organizational development; Performance management; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953561396     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437731011043320     Document Type: Article

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