The influence on personal mastery, organisational learning and performance of the level of innovation: adaptive organisation versus innovator organisation

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-114

  LLoréns Montes, Francisco Javier ^a   García Morales, Víctor J ^a   Verdú Jover, Antonio J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

adaptation; adaptive organisation; capacity to innovate; innovation; innovator organisation; job satisfaction; organisational learning; organisational performance; personal mastery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961559617     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2004.003714     Document Type: Article

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