Consciousness-based management development: Case studies of international top management teams

Journal of Transnational Management Development

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 61-85

  Schmidt Wilk, Jane ^a  

^a MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscious based management; Management development; Management teams; Meditation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007795738     PISSN: 10686061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J130v05n03_05     Document Type: Article

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