Lend me your wallets: The effect of charismatic leadership on external support for an organization

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-330

  Flynn, Francis J ^a   Staw, Barry M ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charisma; Crisis; External support; Investment; Leadership; Turnaround

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP; STOCK;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1842559278     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.377     Document Type: Article

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