A directive leadership style in group decision making can be both virtue and vice: Evidence from elite and experimental groups

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1107-1121

  Peterson, Randall S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031519991     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.5.1107     Document Type: Article

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