The topology of collective leadership

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 994-1011

  Contractor, Noshir S ^a   DeChurch, Leslie A ^b   Carson, Jay ^c   Carter, Dorothy R ^b   Keegan, Brian ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective leadership; Distributed leadership; Network analysis; Shared leadership; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870520017     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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