Leadership vision, organizational culture, and support for innovation in not-for-profit and for-profit organizations

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-309

  Sarros, James C ^a   Cooper, Brian K ^a   Santora, Joseph C ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b International School of Management   (France)

Author keywords

Australia; Leadership; Managers; Non profit organizations; Organizational culture; Private sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955932955     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437731111123933     Document Type: Article

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