Leader errors and the influence on performance: An investigation of differing levels of impact

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 809-825

  Eubanks, Dawn L ^a   Mumford, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Errors; Leadership; Performance; Planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958194260     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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