High toxicity leadership: Borderline personality disorder and the dysfunctional organization

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 733-746

  Goldman, Alan ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Leadership; Organizations; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751201210     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940610713262     Document Type: Article

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