Leadership, power and the use of surveillance: Implications of shared social identity for leaders' capacity to influence

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 170-181

  Subašić, Emina ^a   Reynolds, Katherine J ^a   Turner, John C ^a   Veenstra, Kristine E ^a   Haslam, S Alexander ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influence; Leadership; Power; Self categorization; Social identity; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951721558     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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