Cultural and societal influences on shared leadership in globally dispersed teams

Journal of International Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 234-246

  Muethel, Miriam ^a   Hoegl, Martin ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Country institutional profile; Shared leadership; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956226470     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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