Leaders achieving focus in the place of not knowing

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 235-242

  Simpson, Peter ^a   Burnard, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HM Customs and Excise South West   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Customs and excise; Leadership; Public sector; Senior management; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986021441     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730010340052     Document Type: Article

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