When leaders victimize: The role of charismatic leaders in facilitating group pressures

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 189-202

  Samnani, Al Karim ^a   Singh, Parbudyal ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charismatic leadership; Group pressures; Personalized; Social information processing; Workplace victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872382638     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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