Leadership context: The importance of departments

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-52

  Jepson, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical industries; Germany; Leadership development; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349334166     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730910927098     Document Type: Article

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