Followership, leadership and social influence

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 919-934

  Oc, Burak ^a,b   Bashshur, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Follower; Followership; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889085373     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.10.006     Document Type: Review

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