How leaders woo followers in the romance of leadership

Applied Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 558-581

  Gray, Judy H ^a   Densten, Iain L ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35649012492     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2007.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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