The ties that lead: A social network approach to leadership

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 941-961

  Balkundi, Prasad ^a   Kilduff, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrality; Leaders; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 28644443914     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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