Islamic organizational leadership within a Western society: The problematic role of external context

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-151

  Faris, Nezar ^a   Parry, Ken ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Context; Islam; Leadership; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951721841     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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