Assassination and leadership: Traditional approaches and historiometric methods

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 822-841

  Yammarino, Francis J ^a   Mumford, Michael D ^b   Serban, Andra ^c   Shirreffs, Kristie ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assassination, attempted assassination, and assassins; Charismatic, ideological and pragmatic leaders; Historiometric methods; Leader paranoia; Leader power orientation; Outstanding leadership; Personalized and socialized leaders; Political leaders; U.S. Presidents; World class leaders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889100387     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.08.004     Document Type: Review

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