Leadership and sex-similarity: A comparison in a military setting

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 303-335

  Vecchio, Robert P ^a,c   Brazil, Donna M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 34547151054     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2007.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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