Leadership, more or less? A processual, communication perspective on the role of agency in leadership theory

Leadership

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-98

  Tourish, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communication; followership; process theory; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891900031     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: 17427169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715013509030     Document Type: Article

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