An Entrepreneur and a Leader!: A Framework Conceptualizing the Influence of Leadership Style on a Firm’s Entrepreneurial Orientation—Performance Relationship

Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-307

  Todorovic, Zelimir William ^a   Schlosser, Francine K ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

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EID: 54949157369     PISSN: 08276331     EISSN: 21692610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2007.10593401     Document Type: Article

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