Leadership On Demand: Followers as initiators and inhibitors of managerial leadership

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 344-357

  Blom, Martin ^a   Alvesson, Mats ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Followership; Leadership; Qualitative research; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905746899     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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