Cultural prototypes? Or leaders’ behaviors? A study on workers’ perceptions of leadership in an electronics industry

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 549-558

  Popper, Micha ^a   Druyan, Natan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Leadership; National cultures; Prototype

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986165628     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006167     Document Type: Article

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