Swift trust in leaders in temporary military groups

Team Performance Management

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 354-368

  Hyllengren, Peder ^a   Larsson, Gerry ^a   Fors, Maria ^a   Sjöberg, Misa ^a   Eid, Jarle ^b   Olsen, Olav Kjellevold ^c  

^a SWEDISH NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Royal Norwegian Naval Academy   (Norway)

Author keywords

Armed forces; Leadership; Military leadership; Personality; Swift trust; Temporary groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054838554     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527591111182625     Document Type: Article

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