Heroic leadership in Australia, Sweden, and the united states

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 785-797

  Drysdale, Lawrie ^a   Bennett, Jeffrey ^b   Murakami, Elizabeth T ^c   Johansson, Olof ^d   Gurr, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change; Culture; Effectiveness; Leadership; Management; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926338203     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-08-2013-0128     Document Type: Article

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