Leadership theory and practice: a “case” in point

Management Decision

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1076-1088

  Armandi, Barry ^a   Oppedisano, Jeannette ^b   Sherman, Herbert ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaders; Leadership; Management styles; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986085500     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740310509607     Document Type: Article

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