Assessing flexible leadership as a mastery of opposites

Consulting Psychology Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-118

  Kaiser, Robert B ^a   Overfield, Darren V ^a  

^a Kaplan DeVries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Leadership; Mastery of opposites; Versatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954632585     PISSN: 10659293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019987     Document Type: Article

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