A Network Analysis of Leadership Theory: The Infancy of Integration

Journal of Management

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1374-1403

  Meuser, Jeremy D ^a   Gardner, William L ^b   Dinh, Jessica E ^c   Hu, Jinyu ^b   Liden, Robert C ^a   Lord, Robert G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

content analysis; leadership; network analysis; theory integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977070421     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206316647099     Document Type: Article

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