Organizational Learning: Subprocess Identification, Construct Validation, and an Empirical Test of Cultural Antecedents

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 640-667

  Flores, Luis G ^a   Zheng, Wei ^b   Rau, Devaki ^a   Thomas, Christopher H ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate culture; knowledge management; organizational learning; survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857279576     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310384631     Document Type: Article

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