Demographics and leadership philosophy: Exploring gender differences

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 351-388

  Korac Kakabadse, Andrew ^a   Korac Kakabadse, Nada ^a   Myers, Andrew ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Clifton Reynes   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demographics; Gender; Leadership; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037732     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621719810220225     Document Type: Article

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