Narrative, drama and charismatic leadership: The case of Apple's Steve Jobs

Leadership

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-26

  Sharma, Abz ^a   Grant, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

charismatic leadership; dramaturgy; impression management; narrative and storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952305053     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: 17427169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715010386777     Document Type: Article

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