Leadership preferences in Japan: An exploratory study

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 508-530

  Fukushige, Aya ^a   Spicer, David P ^a  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Japan; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548783298     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730710780967     Document Type: Article

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