Organisational politics: Reconciling leadership's rational-emotional paradox

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-97

  Sheard, G ^a   Kakabadse, A P ^b   Kakabadse, N K ^c  

^a FlaktWoods Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership; Learning; Management development; Organizational politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951533836     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437731111099292     Document Type: Article

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