Leadership in a global virtual team: an action learning approach

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-162

  Pauleen, David J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Action learning; Team leaders; Teams; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986174484     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730310469570     Document Type: Article

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