Does talking the talk help walking the walkβ An examination of the effect of vocal attractiveness in leader effectiveness

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 680-689

  DeGroot, Timothy ^a   Aime, Federico ^b   Johnson, Scott G ^b   Kluemper, Donald ^c  

^a MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit leadership theories; Leader effectiveness; Vocal attractiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960461399     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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