Leadership in the context of culture: An Egyptian perspective

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 499-511

  Shahin, Amany I ^a   Wright, Peter L ^b  

^a HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banks; Culture (sociology); Egypt; Leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993110648     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730410556743     Document Type: Article

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