Leadership as an emergent group process: A social network study of personality and leadership

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-45

  Emery, Cécile ^a   Calvard, Thomas S ^b   Pierce, Meghan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Big Five; emergent leadership; personality; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872311083     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430212461835     Document Type: Article

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