Problems, problems, problems: The social construction of 'leadership'

Human Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1467-1494

  Grint, Keith ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Leadership Studies ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Sunningdale Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingency; Leadership; Problems; Social constructivism; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744454368     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726705061314     Document Type: Review

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