The case for transcendent followership

Leadership

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-106

  e Cunha, Miguel Pina ^a   Rego, Arménio ^b   Clegg, Stewart ^a,c   Neves, Pedro ^a  

^a NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c Key Research Centre for Management and Organization Studies   (Australia)

Author keywords

fellowship; followership; Leadership; transcendent followers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874289886     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: 17427169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715012447006     Document Type: Article

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