Toxic Leadership and the Masculinity Contest Culture: How “Win or Die” Cultures Breed Abusive Leadership

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 500-528

  Matos, Kenneth ^a   Lei, Xue ^c  

^a Culture Amp   (Australia)

^b Mandy)   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; GENDER ISSUE; LEADERSHIP; MASCULINIZATION; PERCEPTION; WOMENS STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 85053193056     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12284     Document Type: Article

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