Leader self-development: A contemporary context for leader development evaluation

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 657-674

  Orvis, Karin A ^a   Ratwani, Krista Langkamer ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APTIMA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Feedback; Leader development; Self development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956263856     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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