Political leadership in democracies: Some lessons for business?

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 985-1001

  Butcher, David ^a   Clarke, Martin ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democracy; Leadership; Politics; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747832795     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610690577     Document Type: Article

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