Impact of gender on influence, power and authoritarianism

Women in Management Review

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 197-206

  Rajan, Sangeetha ^a   Krishnan, Venkat R ^b  

^a ICICI Bank   (India)

^b XLRI XAVIER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Gender; Influence; Managerial power; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156092     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420210433157     Document Type: Article

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