Defaulting to management: Leadership defined by what it is not

Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-96

  Carroll, Brigid ^a   Levy, Lester ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b New Zealand Leadership Institute   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Identity work; Leadership; Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949008355     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508407084486     Document Type: Article

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