Competing discourses of leadership. Transformational Leadership as blurring mechanism for masculinities in Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 343-353

  Madsen, Mona Toft ^a   Albrechtsen, Charlotte ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Charisma; Discourses; Femininities; Leadership; Masculinities; Open ended interviews; Participation; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549125035     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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