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Organizational challenges and leaders’ coping strategies: a qualitative study of Swedish military staff organization

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|May 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jms-2017-0002 | Journal eISSN: 1799-3350 | Journal ISSN: 2242-3524
Language: English
Page range: 24 - 33
Submitted on: Feb 23, 2017
Accepted on: Nov 5, 2017
Published on: May 23, 2018
Published by: National Defense University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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