The origins and conceptualizations of 'triple-loop' learning: A critical review

Management Learning

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 291-307

  Tosey, Paul ^a   Visser, Max ^b   Saunders, Mark N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deutero learning; double loop learning; levels of learning; organizational learning; triple loop learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862680833     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507611426239     Document Type: Article

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