Leaders' narrative sensemaking during LMX role negotiations: Explaining how leaders make sense of who to trust and when

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 433-448

  Kelley, Katherine M ^a,b   Bisel, Ryan S ^b,c  

^a FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Doubt; Leadership; Narrative; Organizational communication; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901000438     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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