Attachment and the leader-follower relationship

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-280

  Mayseless, Ofra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment; Caregiving; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949893103     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407509360904     Document Type: Article

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