Leadership competency inventory: A systematic process of developing and validating a leadership competency scale

Journal of Leadership Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 39-50

  Yoon, Hyung Joon ^a   Song, Ji Hoon ^a,b   Donahue, Wesley E ^a   Woodley, Katheryn K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 82455248696     PISSN: 19352611     EISSN: 1935262X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jls.20176     Document Type: Article

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