Leadership style matters: The small, but important, style differences between male and female leaders

Handbook on Women in Business and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 279-303

  Eagly, Alice H ^a   Johannesen Schmidt, Mary C ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oakton Community College   (United States)

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