Organisational learning: A critical review

The Learning Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-17

  Wang, Catherine L ^a   Ahmed, Pervaiz K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986163988     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470310457469     Document Type: Article

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