Organizational learning measurement and the effect on firm innovation

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-245

  Tohidi, Hamid ^a   Mohsen Seyedaliakbar, Seyed ^a   Mandegari, Maryam ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Innovation; Learning organizations; Organizational learning capability measurement; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859709386     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410391211224390     Document Type: Article

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