Embodying who we are: Leader group prototypicality and leadership effectiveness

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1078-1091

  Van Knippenberg, Daan ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leader fairness; Leader group prototypicality; Leadership categorization; Leadership effectiveness; Social identification; Social identity; Trust; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955232903     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.09.004     Document Type: Review

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