Leader cognition: Improving leader performance through causal analysis

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Marcy, Richard T ^a   Mumford, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Causal analysis; Complexity; Leader cognition; Mental model; Sensemaking; Strategic leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849136429     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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