Leadership as identity construction: The act of leading people in organisations: A perspective from the complexity sciences

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 880-896

  Karp, Tom ^a   Helg⊘, Thomas I t ^b  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b Emergence   (Norway)

Author keywords

Leadership; Leadership development; Personality; Work identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949117555     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710911000659     Document Type: Article

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