The Enchantment of the Charismatic Leader: Charisma Reconsidered as Aesthetic Encounter

Leadership

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-179

  Ladkin, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aesthetics; charisma; charismatic leadership; Kant; the sublime; Weber

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990321152     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715006062933     Document Type: Article

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