Leader-follower effects in resource dilemmas: The roles of leadership selection and social responsibility

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-369

  De Cremer, David ^a   van Dijk, Eric ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Followers; Leadership selection; Resource allocations; Resource dilemmas; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449093227     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430208090647     Document Type: Article

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