Does leadership matter in the political arena? Voter perceptions of candidates' transformational and charismatic leadership and the 1996 U.S. president

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-416

  Pillai, Rajnandini ^a   Williams, Ethlyn A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0001682515     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1048-9843(98)90038-8     Document Type: Article

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