Testing Behling and McFillen's Syncretical Model of Charismatic Transformational Leadership

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-263

  McCann, John A J ^a   Langford, Peter H ^b   Rawlings, Robert M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charismatic; Commitment; Leadership; Transformational

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644616671     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601104273061     Document Type: Article

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