The face of leadership: Perceiving leaders from facial expression

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 545-566

  Trichas, Savvas ^a   Schyns, Birgit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex prototype; Expectations; Facial expression; Implicit leadership theories; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860342376     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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