Blazing the trail versus trailing the group: Culture and perceptions of the leader's position

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-61

  Menon, Tanya ^a   Sim, Jessica ^b   Fu, Jeanne Ho Ying ^c   Chiu, Chi yue ^d   Hong, Ying yi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Culture; Leadership; Position

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955674617     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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