Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2009

Full Length Research Paper

Knowledge inertia and organizational learning as the explanation of organizational performance

Cemal AKUZUM
  • Cemal AKUZUM
  • Dicle University Ziya Gokalp Education Faculty, Department of Primary Education, Sur/ Diyarbakir, Turkey.
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  •  Received: 18 July 2014
  •  Accepted: 15 October 2014
  •  Published: 10 November 2014

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