Leadership style. The X Generation and Baby Boomers compared in different cultural contexts

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-50

  Yu , Hui Chun ^a   Miller, Peter ^b  

^a HSING WU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baby boomer generation; Baby buster generation; Leadership style; Taiwan; Work organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744364507     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730510575570     Document Type: Article

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