The troublesome relationship between action learning and organizational growth

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 245-255

  de Loo, Ivo ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action learning; Organizational culture; Organizational development; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986149616     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620210441207     Document Type: Article

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