When does Charisma matter for top-level leaders? Effect of attributional ambiguity

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1051-1074

  Jacquart, Philippe ^a   Antonakis, John ^b  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84939509775     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0831     Document Type: Article

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