The importance of a change-centred leadership style in four organizational cultures

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-306

  Skogstad, Anders ^a   Einarsen, Ståle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Change centred leadership; Leadership style; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033196468     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(98)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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