Leader evaluations: A new female advantage?

Gender in Management: An International Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 156-174

  Powell, Gary N ^a   Butterfield, D Anthony ^b   Bartol, Kathryn M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Leadership; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949100559     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410810866926     Document Type: Article

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