Systems thinking as a platform for leadership performance in a complex world

Baltic Journal of Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-355

  Palaima, Tomas ^a   Skaržauskiene, Aelita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Management and Economics   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Competences; Complexity theory; Emotional intelligence; Leadership; Thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957153126     PISSN: 17465265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465261011079749     Document Type: Article

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