Social and emotional competencies predicting success for male and female executives

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-35

  Hopkins, Margaret M ^a   Bilimoria, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competences; Emotional intelligence; Gender; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749016467     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710810840749     Document Type: Article

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