Being There: Why Leaders Should Not “Fiddle” While Rome Burns

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-56

  Ciulla, Joanne B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

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EID: 85050422323     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2009.03753.x     Document Type: Article

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