How do leadership and context matter in r&d team innovation?–a multiple case study

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-283

  Zheng, Wei ^a   Khoury, Anne E ^b   Grobmeier, Cynthia ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chevron Global Manufacturing   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Innovation; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555165695     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2010.483816     Document Type: Article

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