Leadership, not leaders: On the study of leadership as practices and interactions

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-86

  Crevani, Lucia ^a   Lindgren, Monica ^a   Packendorff, Johann ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distributed leadership; Interactions; Practice; Process ontology; Relational leadership; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549086982     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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