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Organizations as complex adaptive systems: Implications of Complexity Theory for leadership research

Schneider, Marguerite, Somers, Mark·2006·The Leadership Quarterly

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Authors: Schneider, M., & Somers, M.
Affiliations: New Jersey Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author: Schneider, Marguerite
ORCID: Somers, Mark
Venue: The Leadership Quarterly
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2006-08
Volume: 17
Issue: 4
Pages: 351-365
ISSN: 1048-9843 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2006.04.006
OpenAlex: W2156313615
Cited by: 599
References: 123
Citations by year: 2026: 26 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 50 · 2019: 50 · 2018: 41 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 38 · 2015: 39 · 2014: 39 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 23
FWCI: 10.15
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Locations: The Leadership Quarterly (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Education › Chaos, Complexity, and Education
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Leadership and Management in Organizations
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Complex Systems and Decision Making
Keywords: complex adaptive systems, complexity theory, leadership, general systems theory, organizational identity, social movements, leadership process, dynamic system simulation, artificial neural networks, nonlinear models, organizational change

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