Entrepreneurs as authentic leaders: Impact on employees' attitudes

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 646-666

  Jensen, Susan M ^a   Luthans, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Entrepreneurs; Leaders; Leadership; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750997300     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730610709273     Document Type: Article

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