Fitness and leadership: Is there a relationship?:Regular exercise correlates with higher leadership ratings in senior-level executives

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 316-324

  McDowell Larsen, Sharon L ^a   Kearney, Leigh ^b   Campbell, David ^a  

^a Center for Creative Leadership   (United States)

^b Summit Leadership Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Executives; Exercise; Fitness; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986144855     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940210428119     Document Type: Article

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