Education and Training in Emergent Leadership
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Aim of this article is to give answer to the question What can leadership do to support the emergence of innovation in a complex context? After an introduction, and before going into the results of the literature review the next paragraph gives clarity on the concepts used in the research question: complexity, emergence, innovation and leadership.
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