Born to lead? A twin design and genetic association study of leadership role occupancy

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-60

  De Neve, Jan Emmanuel ^a,b   Mikhaylov, Slava ^a   Dawes, Christopher T ^c   Christakis, Nicholas A ^d   Fowler, James H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic association study; Leadership role occupancy; Twin design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872393621     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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