Aesthetic leadership

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 544-560

  Hansen, Hans ^a   Ropo, Arja ^b   Sauer, Erika ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Attribution; Authenticity; Charisma; Follower centric

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549075507     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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