Reflections on the 2009 AMR decade award: Do we have a theory of organizational learning?

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 446-460

  Crossan, Mary ^a   Maurer, Cara ^a   White, Roderick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 79958150832     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2011.61031806     Document Type: Article

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