Leadership and character

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 682-699

  Sarros, James C ^a   Cooper, Brian K ^a   Hartican, Anne M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CLiC Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Leadership; Management development; Personality; Psychometric tests; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750999931     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730610709291     Document Type: Article

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