Shared Authentic Leadership and New Venture Performance

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1476-1499

  Hmieleski, Keith M ^a   Cole, Michael S ^a   Baron, Robert A ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; leadership; positive organizational behavior; shared leadership; upper echelons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864583273     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206311415419     Document Type: Article

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