The Paradoxes of Leadership: The Contribution of Aristotle

Leadership

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-468

  Kodish, Slavica ^a  

^a ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

actionable theory; complexity; metaphor; narcissism; paradox

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990334186     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715006069175     Document Type: Article

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