Leadership and charisma: A desire that cannot speak its name?

Human Relations

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 927-949

  Harding, Nancy ^a   Lee, Hugh ^a   Ford, Jackie ^a   Learmonth, Mark ^b  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

charisma; critical leadership studies; followers; heterotopias; leadership; queer theory; sexualities

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959262396     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726710393367     Document Type: Article

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