Wisdom and Learning from Important and Meaningful Life Experiences

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 129-146

  Yang, Shih ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation; Leadership; Learning acquired from experience; Taiwanese Chinese; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905737404     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-014-9186-x     Document Type: Article

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