Fostering organizational sustainability through dialogical interaction

Learning Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-27

  Wals, Arjen E J ^a   Schwarzin, Lisa ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Change management; Dialogic interaction; Learning systems; Post normal science; Society; Sustainability competence; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455237009     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696471211190338     Document Type: Article

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