I See Me the Way You See Me: The Influence of Race on Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Leadership Perceptions

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-119

  Festekjian, Arpi ^a   Tram, Susanna ^b   Murray, Carolyn B ^b   Sy, Thomas ^b   Huynh, Ho P ^b  

^a East Los Angeles College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; COMOL; leadership; perceptions; prototypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898921691     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051813486522     Document Type: Article

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