Preferred leadership behaviours: Exploratory results from Romania, Germany, and the UK

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 421-442

  Littrell, Romie F ^a   Valentin, Lapadus Nicolae ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Germany; Leadership; National cultures; Romania; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344389252     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710510598445     Document Type: Article

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