Sensegiving and the role of cognitive shifts in the work of leadership

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 514-529

  Foldy, Erica Gabrielle ^a   Goldman, Laurie ^b   Ospina, Sonia ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive shift; Sensegiving; Sensemaking; Work of leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749094594     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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