Learning to lead: evaluating leadership and organizational learning

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 576-595

  Atwood, Meredith A ^a   Mora, Jordan W ^a   Kaplan, Abram W ^a  

^a Walden Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Federal government; Leadership; Workplace training

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957296583     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437731011079637     Document Type: Article

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