Essay: Authentic leadership critically reviewed

Authentic Leadership: Clashes, Convergences and Coalescences

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 39-54

  Alvesson, Mats ^a,b   Sveningsson, Stefan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 85040001592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781006382.00010     Document Type: Chapter

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