Indirect leadership in a military context: A qualitative study on how to do it

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-227

  Larsson, Gerry ^a   Sjöberg, Misa ^a   Vrbanjac, Aida ^a   Björkman, Torsten ^a  

^a SWEDISH NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Armed forces; Behaviour; Leadership; Senior management

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344382959     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730510591761     Document Type: Article

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