Failed leader or successful peacemaker? Crisis, behavior, and the cognitive processes of Mikhail Sergeyevitch Gorbachev

Political Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 453-472

  Wallace, Michael D ^a   Suedfeld, Peter ^a   Thachuk, Kimberly A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Decision making; Gorbachev; Integrative complexity; Soviet leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030496330     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3791964     Document Type: Article

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