Romancing leadership: Past, present, and future

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1058-1077

  Bligh, Michelle C ^a   Kohles, Jeffrey C ^b   Pillai, Rajnandini ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Follower centered; Romance of leadership; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955235556     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.09.003     Document Type: Review

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