Spirituality and leadership: An empirical review of definitions, distinctions, and embedded assumptions

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 625-653

  Dent, Eric B ^a   Higgins, M Eileen ^b   Wharff, Deborah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assumptions; Definition; Leadership; Organizations; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944434260     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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