A field study of a cognitive approach to understanding transformational and transactional leadership

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-84

  Wofford, J C ^a   Goodwin, Vicki L ^b   Whittington, J Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0002239031     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1048-9843(98)90042-X     Document Type: Article

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