Fantasies of Leadership: Identity Work

Leadership

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-224

  Sveningsson, Stefan ^a   Larsson, Magnus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

fantasy; identity control; identity work; leadership; managerial work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990330568     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715006062935     Document Type: Article

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