African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4193

Full Length Research Paper

Measuring organizational innovative climates in technical institutes and university teachers

Chun-Mei Chou
  • Chun-Mei Chou
  • Graduate Institute of Vocational and Technological Education, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan.
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Chien-Hua Shen
  • Chien-Hua Shen
  • Department of Business Administration Transworld Institute of Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan.
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Hsi-Chi Hsia
  • Hsi-Chi Hsia
  • Graduate Institute of Business and Administration, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Su-Chang Chen
  • Su-Chang Chen
  • Department of Marketing and Logistics and Management, National Penghu University, Taiwan
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  •  Received: 09 June 2011
  •  Accepted: 05 September 2014
  •  Published: 14 October 2014

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