Governors in the legislative arena: The importance of personality in shaping success

Political Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 787-808

  Ferguson, Margaret R ^a   Barth, Jay ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HENDRIX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Executives; Leadership; Motives; Personality; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036918632     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00307     Document Type: Article

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