The dialogic mindset in organization development

Research in Organizational Change and Development

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-97

  Bushe, Gervase R ^a   Marshak, Robert J ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84905258779     PISSN: 08973016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0897-301620140000022002     Document Type: Article

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