Leadership and individual differences: At the cusp of a renaissance

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 643-650

  Antonakis, John ^a   Day, David V ^b   Schyns, Birgit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Intelligence; Leadership traits; Multilevel process models; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862583971     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.05.002     Document Type: Editorial

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