A comparison of American and international prototypes of successful managers

Journal of Leadership Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-18

  Lankau, Melenie J ^a   Chung, Beth G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84889098384     PISSN: 19352611     EISSN: 1935262X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jls.20091     Document Type: Article

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