Do organizations get the followers they deserve?

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-11

  Brown, Andrew D ^a   Thornborrow, W T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b International Management Solutions   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Leadership; Management styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986159798     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437739610105986     Document Type: Article

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