When power makes others speechless: The negative impact of leader power on team performance

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1465-1486

  Tost, Leigh Plunkett ^a   Gino, Francesca ^b   Larrick, Richard P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84886848798     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.0180     Document Type: Article

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