A Contribution to the Validation of the Motivation to Lead Scale (MTL): A Research in the Italian Context

Leadership

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-129

  Bobbio, Andrea ^a   Rattazzi, Anna Maria Manganelli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

construct validity; individual differences; leadership; motivation to lead

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990385987     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715006057240     Document Type: Article

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