Shared leadership and gender: All members are equal … but some more than others

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-34

  Mendez, Maria J ^a   Busenbark, John R ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Directive leadership; Gender; Network centrality; Shared leadership; Social networks; Supportive leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923382801     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/LODJ-11-2012-0147     Document Type: Article

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