Leadership behaviour similarity as a basis of selection into a management team

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 301-308

  Eagleson, Geoff ^a   Waldersee, Robert ^a   Simmons, Ro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0345856621     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466600164480     Document Type: Article

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