Learning organisations: Empirically investigating metaphors

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 410-422

  Lennon, Alexia ^a   Wollin, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case studies; Family life; Intellectual capital; Metaphors; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986159782     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: 1758468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930110409697     Document Type: Article

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