Social cognitive neuroscience and leadership

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1092-1106

  Waldman, David A ^a   Balthazard, Pierre A ^a   Peterson, Suzanne J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Social cognitive neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955249034     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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