Leader development and the dark side of personality

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 495-509

  Harms, P D ^a   Spain, Seth M ^a   Hannah, Sean T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Leadership; Personality; Subclinical

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958730134     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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