Exploring leadership preferences in multicultural workgroups: An Australian case study

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-278

  Brain, Kenneth ^a   Lewis, Dianne ^b  

^a Business Strategies Branch   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Multicultural management; Team working; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992948072     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730410531065     Document Type: Article

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