Self-uncertainty and Support for Autocratic Leadership

Self and Identity

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 635-649

  Rast III , David E ^a   Hogg, Michael A ^a   Giessner, Steffen R ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leadership; Social identity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885106627     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2012.718864     Document Type: Article

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