What breaks a leader: The curvilinear relation between assertiveness and leadership

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 307-324

  Ames, Daniel R ^a   Flynn, Francis J ^a  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Assertiveness; Curvilinear effects; Individual differences; Interpersonal relations; Leadership

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ASSERTIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33846891118     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.2.307     Document Type: Article

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