Sustainable components of leadership effectiveness in organizational performance

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 522-534

  Svensson, Göran ^a   Wood, Greg ^b  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic sustainability; Leadership; Management effectiveness; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744922686     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710610670100     Document Type: Article

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