Communicating a holistic perspective to the world: Kautilya on leadership

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 435-454

  Jain, Neera ^a   Mukherji, Shoma ^a  

^a MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Leadership; Philosopy; Strategic leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349615618     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730910968705     Document Type: Article

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