A case study in organisational change: Implications for theory

The Learning Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-30

  Nelson, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84986074593     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470310457478     Document Type: Article

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