The spirit of despotism: Understanding the tyrant within

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-220

  De Vries, Manfred F R Kets ^a,b,c  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b INSEAD's Global Leadership Centre   (France)

^c INSEAD's Top Management Program   (France)

Author keywords

Democracy; Despotism; Leadership; Paranoia; Societal regression; Totalitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645690319     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706062732     Document Type: Review

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