'It's all about me!': Gendered narcissism and leaders' identity work

Leadership

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-25

  Pullen, Alison ^a   Rhodes, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Identity; Leadership; Narcissism

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349086396     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: 17427169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715007085767     Document Type: Article

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