The tyranny of normative distance: A social identity account of the exercise of power by remote leaders

Exploring Distance in Leader-Follower Relationships: When Near is Far and Far is Near

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 215-240

  Rast, David E ^d   Gaffney, Amber M ^d   Hogg, Michael A ^a,b,c  

^a Claremont Graduate University   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NONE

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EID: 84918884279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203120637     Document Type: Chapter

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