Accelerating and braking in times of economic crisis: Organisational learning in a top management team

European Journal of Training and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 930-944

  Wallo, Andreas ^a   Kock, Henrik ^a   Nilsson, Peter ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambidextrous organizations; Economic crisis; Economic cycles; Exploitation; Exploration; Learning; Organizational learning; Senior management; Sweden; Top management team

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868534349     PISSN: 20469012     EISSN: 20469020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090591211280973     Document Type: Article

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