Recognizing Leadership at a Distance: A Study of Leader Effectiveness Across Cultures

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-172

  Harms, Peter D ^a   Han, Guohong ^b   Chen, Huaiyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural differences in leadership; leadership and individual differences; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868671539     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051812436812     Document Type: Article

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