Dialogue and deliberation as expressions of democratic leadership in participatory organizational change

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-23

  Raelin, Joseph A ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change agent; Deliberation; Democratic leadership; Dialogue; Leaderful practice; Leadership; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856773792     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534811211199574     Document Type: Article

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