A meso-level conceptualization of CEO celebrity effectiveness

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 554-570

  Treadway, Darren C ^a   Adams, Garry L ^b   Ranft, Annette L ^c   Ferris, Gerald R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Celebrity; CEO; Leadership; Political skill; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649306210     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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