Charisma under crisis revisited: Presidential leadership, perceived leader effectiveness, and contextual influences

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 918-933

  Davis, Kelly M ^a   Gardner, William L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charismatic leadership; Charismatic rhetoric; Content analysis; Crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865069613     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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