Individual Leader Development: An Appreciative Inquiry Approach

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 632-650

  Kaye Hart, Rama ^a   Conklin, Thomas A ^b   Allen, Scott J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b GANNON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

appreciative inquiry; leader development; transformative learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992923899     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422308321950     Document Type: Article

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