Complex adaptive leading-ship and open-processional change processes

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 420-435

  Ford, Randal ^a  

^a Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaders; Organizational change; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956093969     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437731011056443     Document Type: Article

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