Transcendent leadership: Strategic leadership in dynamic environments

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 569-581

  Crossan, Mary ^a   Vera, Dusya ^b   Nanjad, Len ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dynamic environment; Organization; Strategic leadership; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749085935     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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