Cultural mythology and global leadership in Kenya

Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 225-241

  Walumbwa, Fred O ^a   Ndege, George O ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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