All-inclusive and all good: The hegemonic ambiguity of leadership

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 480-492

  Blom, Martin ^a   Alvesson, Mats ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Followership; Leadership; Leadership studies; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951938861     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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