Enhancing firm performance and innovativeness through error management culture

The Handbook of Organizational Culture and Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 137-157

  Keith, Nina ^a,b   Frese, Michael ^c,d,e,f  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Business School and Leuphana   (Germany)

^e LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^f Psychology for the Journal of Business Venturing ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781483307961.n9     Document Type: Chapter

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