Leader emergence: The case of the narcissistic leader

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1663-1676

  Brunell, Amy B ^a,d   Gentry, William A ^b   Campbell, W Keith ^b   Hoffman, Brian J ^b   Kuhnert, Karl W ^b   Demarree, Kenneth G ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leader emergence; Leaderless group discussions; Narcissism; Power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY;

HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY;

EID: 57249084859     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208324101     Document Type: Article

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