Gender, culture, and leadership: Toward a culturally distinct model of African-American women executives' leadership strategies

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-214

  Parker, Patricia S ^a   Dt, Ogilvie ^b  

^a ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030161642     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1048-9843(96)90040-5     Document Type: Article

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