Distributing leadership in health and social care: Concertive, conjoint or collective?

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 286-300

  Currie, Graeme ^a   Lockett, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80051704853     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: 14682370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2011.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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