The role of leadership in knowledge creation and transfer for organisational learning and improvement

Connecting Knowledge and Performance in Public Services: From Knowing to Doing

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 145-172

  Hartley, Jean ^a   Rashman, Lyndsay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84921989506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511762000.009     Document Type: Chapter

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