Organizational visioning: An integrative review

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-125

  O'Connell, Dave ^a   Hickerson, Karl ^a   Pillutla, Arun ^a  

^a ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

leadership; organizational development; vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751563989     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601110390999     Document Type: Review

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