Knowledge workers, servant leadership and the search for meaning in knowledge-driven organizations

On the Horizon

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 230-239

  de Sousa, Milton Correia ^a   van Dierendonck, Dirk ^b  

^a Leaders2Be   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employees; Employees behaviour; Knowledge management; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956507271     PISSN: 10748121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10748121011072681     Document Type: Article

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