Enacting the 'true self': Towards a theory of embodied authentic leadership

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-74

  Ladkin, Donna ^a   Taylor, Steven S ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetic leadership; Authentic leadership; Authenticity; Embodied leadership; Embodiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849112038     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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