Studying leadership critically: A psychosocial lens on leadership identities

Leadership

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-65

  Ford, Jackie ^a  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership identities; Narrative selves; Psychosocial analyses

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649243545     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: 17427169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715009354235     Document Type: Article

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