Leadership, daoist wu wei and reflexivity: Flow, self-protection and excuse in Chinese bank managers' leadership practice

Management Learning

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-112

  Xing, Yijun ^a   Sims, David ^b  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

leadership; narrative; reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856424495     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507611409659     Document Type: Article

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