Humour and the construction of Māori leadership at work

Leadership

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-27

  Holmes, Janet ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Culture; Humour; M ori leadership; Workplace discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349099927     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: 17427169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715007073061     Document Type: Article

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