The rise of charismatic authority styles in corporate capitalism

Journal of Power

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 423-440

  Kantola, Anu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Authority; Capitalism; Charisma; Corporations; Max Weber

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956253376     PISSN: 17540291     EISSN: 17540305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17540290903345898     Document Type: Article

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