Executive catalysts: Predicting sustainable organizational performance amid complex demands

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 995-1009

  Akrivou, Kleio ^a   Bradbury Huang, Hilary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity leadership; Leader development; Leadership; Meaning making; Mental models; Organizational change; Organizational sustainability; Self as process; Self integration; Sensemaking; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052970499     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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