The sacred in leadership: Separation, sacrifice and silence

Organization Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-107

  Grint, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership; Organization; Sacred; Sacrifice

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049120487     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840609347054     Document Type: Article

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