Observations - Fit to lead: Is fitness the key to effective executive leadership?

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 833-841

  Neck, Christopher P ^a   Mitchell, T L ^b   Manz, Charles C ^c   Cooper, Kenneth H ^d   Thompson, Emmet C ^e  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^b The Cooper Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d The Cooper Aerobics Center ^*  (United States)

^e Alpha Fitness Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Fitness; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986159823     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940010694323     Document Type: Article

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