Talking work in a bank: A study of organizing properties of leadership in work interactions

Human Relations

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1101-1129

  Larsson, Magnus ^a   Lundholm, Susanne E ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

communication; identity; leadership; organizational theory; social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880967929     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712465452     Document Type: Article

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