Leadership effectiveness: The costs and benefits of being emotionally intelligent

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-290

  Lindebaum, Dirk ^a   Cartwright, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Leadership; Research work; Serials

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955932276     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437731111123924     Document Type: Article

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