Communities of domination? Reconceptualising organisational learning and power

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 350-361

  Huzzard, Tony ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change management; Management power; Workplace training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993008401     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620410550321     Document Type: Article

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