Leadership development: Training design strategies for growing adaptability in leaders

The Peak Performing Organization

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 175-196

  Ely, Katherine ^a   Zaccaro, Stephen J ^a   Conjar, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203971611     Document Type: Chapter

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