Gender Differences in Leadership Styles as a Function of Leader and Subordinates' Sex and Type of Organization

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3083-3113

  Cuadrado, Isabel ^a   Navas, Marisol ^a   Molero, Fernando ^b   Ferrer, Emilio ^c   Morales, J Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84871229919     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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