Reflections on zero and zero-centered spirituality in organizations

Competitiveness Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-377

  Karakas, Fahri ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Organizational development; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957118623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10595420810920833     Document Type: Article

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