The influence of general mental ability, self-esteem and family socioeconomic status on leadership role occupancy and leader advancement: The moderating role of gender

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 520-534

  Li, Wen Dong ^a   Arvey, Richard D ^a   Song, Zhaoli ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Family socioeconomic status; Gender; General mental ability; Leader development; Leadership role occupancy; Self esteem; Supervisory scope

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958712578     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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