Anti-leaders(hip) in Social Movement Organizations: The case of autonomous grassroots groups

Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 759-781

  Sutherland, Neil ^a   Land, Christopher ^a   Böhm, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autonomy; critical leadership studies; leadership; resistance; social movement organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910030044     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508413480254     Document Type: Article

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