The Global Leader as Boundary Spanner, Bridge Maker, and Blender

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 240-243

  Butler, Christina L ^a   Zander, Lena ^b   Mockaitis, Audra ^c   Sutton, Ciara ^d  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 84866155716     PISSN: 17549426     EISSN: 17549434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9434.2012.01439.x     Document Type: Article

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