Personality, life experience and leadership capability

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 5-11

  Khaleelee, Olya ^a   Woolf, Ralph ^b  

^a TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b The London Centre for Psychotherapy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Leadership; Lifestyles; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097802     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437739610130546     Document Type: Article

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