Toward a Theory of Followership

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-36

  Popper, Micha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attribution; Followers; Groups; Heterogeneity of followers; Identity; Meaning; Narrative; Projection; Psychological distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952519542     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021989     Document Type: Article

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