The dark side of personality and extreme leader behavior

Applied Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-92

  Kaiser, Robert B ^a   LeBreton, James M ^b   Hogan, Joyce ^c  

^a Kaiser Leadership Solutions   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOGAN ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COWORKER; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; MANAGER;

EID: 84888256315     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apps.12024     Document Type: Article

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