Dynamic delegation: Shared, hierarchical, and deindividualized leadership in extreme action teams

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 590-621

  Klein, Katherine J ^a   Ziegert, Jonathan C ^b   Knight, Andrew P ^a   Xiao, Yan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 34248400064     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.51.4.590     Document Type: Article

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