What makes leadership, leadership? Using self-expansion theory to integrate traditional and contemporary approaches

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 798-821

  Dansereau, Fred ^a   Seitz, Stephanie R ^a   Chiu, Chia Yen ^a   Shaughnessy, Brooke ^b   Yammarino, Francis J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Leadership relationships; Leadership theories; Self expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889083506     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.10.008     Document Type: Review

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