Leading beautifully: How mastery, congruence and purpose create the aesthetic of embodied leadership practice

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-41

  Ladkin, Donna ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Beauty; Embodiment; Leading as an artful practice; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149091339     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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