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Leadership Development: Exploring, Clarifying, and Expanding Our Understanding of Learning Agility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Kenneth P. De Meuse*
Affiliation:
Korn/Ferry International
Guangrong Dai
Affiliation:
Korn/Ferry International
Victoria V. Swisher
Affiliation:
Korn/Ferry International
*
E-mail: [email protected], Address: Korn/Ferry International, Minneapolis, MN 55416

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