Implicit Leadership Theories in Applied Settings: Factor Structure, Generalizability, and Stability Over Time

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 293-310

  Epitropaki, Olga ^a   Martin, Robin ^b  

^a Athens Laboratory of Business Administration   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842810137     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.89.2.293     Document Type: Article

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