Leader reputation, the role of mentoring, political skill, contextual learning, and adaptation

Human Resource Management

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-19

  Blass, Fred R ^a   Ferris, Gerald R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947377867     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20142     Document Type: Article

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