Leader cognition in real-world settings: How do leaders think about crises?

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 515-543

  Mumford, Michael D ^a   Friedrich, Tamara L ^a   Caughron, Jay J ^a   Byrne, Cristina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Errors; Knowledge; Leadership; Processes; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549003526     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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