The Social Construction of Organizational Learning: Conceptual and Practical Issues in the Field

Human Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 727-746

  Nicolini, Davide ^a   Meznar, Martin B ^b  

^a Organizational Consultant ^*  (Italy)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; cognitive structures; organizational learning; social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973820701     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679504800701     Document Type: Article

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