The dark side of discretion: Leader personality and organizational decline

Monographs in Leadership and Management

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 173-193

  Kaiser, Robert B ^a   Hogan, Robert ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85074067568     PISSN: 14793571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-3571(07)04009-6     Document Type: Chapter

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