Intellectual Failure and Ideological Success in Organization Studies: The Case of Transformational Leadership

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 139-152

  Alvesson, Mats ^a,b,c   Kärreman, Dan ^d,e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

leadership; philosophy of science; power and politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959084188     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492615589974     Document Type: Article

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