Awakening the leader within: Behavior depends on consciousness

Spirituality in Business: Theory, Practice, and Future Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 125-140

  Heaton, Dennis ^a   Schmidt Wilk, Jane ^a  

^a MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230611887     Document Type: Chapter

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