Leadership: A critical historical analysis of the influence of leader traits

Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 383-405

  Day, David V ^a   Zaccaro, Stephen J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315820972     Document Type: Chapter

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