Social capital and leadership development: Building stronger leadership through enhanced relational skills

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-166

  McCallum, Shelly ^a   O'Connell, David ^b  

^a SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Leadership development; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349616301     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730910935756     Document Type: Article

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