Leadership in MMOGS: Emergent and transformational leadership candidates

15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 4469-4478

  Goh, Samuel H ^a   Wasko, Molly M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergent leadership; Guilds; Leadership; MMOGs; Repertory grid; Transformational leadership; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EMERGENT LEADERSHIP; GUILDS; LEADERSHIP; MMOGS; REPERTORY GRIDS; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERNET;

EID: 84870342792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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