The building blocks of leader development: A psychological conceptual framework

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 664-684

  Popper, Micha ^a   Mayseless, Ofra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; Leaders; Leadership development; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848912313     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730710823905     Document Type: Article

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