Reflexive and critical views of leadership performance in corporate accomplishment: Framework and illustration

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 879-899

  Svensson, Göran ^a   Wood, Greg ^b   Mathisen, Bror Roger ^a  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leadership; Management styles; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249113236     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710810895686     Document Type: Article

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