Crisis, charisma, values, and voting behavior in the 2004 presidential election

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-86

  Williams, Ethlyn A ^a   Pillai, Rajnandini ^b   Lowe, Kevin B ^c   Jung, Dongil ^d   Herst, David ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Marketing   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Charisma; Crisis; Leadership; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549114670     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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