How to build social capital with leadership development: Lessons from an explorative case study of a multibusiness firm

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-201

  Bilhuber Galli, Eva ^a   Müller Stewens, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corporate management; Corporate strategy; Cross business synergies; Leadership development; Social capital; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856071065     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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