Leaders' conceptions of followers: Implications for naturally occurring Pygmalion effects

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 822-834

  Whiteley, Paul ^a   Sy, Thomas ^a   Johnson, Stefanie K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Followership; Implicit theories; Leadership; Pygmalion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865085541     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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