Flawed from the “Get-Go”: Lee Iacocca and the origins of transformational leadership

Leadership

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 361-379

  Spector, Bert ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American history; Chrysler Corporation; intellectual history; Lee Iacocca; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907507053     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: 17427169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715013514881     Document Type: Article

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