Evolution and the Social Psychology of Leadership: The Mismatch Hypothesis

Leadership at the Crossroads: Volume 1 - Volume 3

Volumn 1-3, Issue , 2008, Pages 267-282

  Van Vugt, Mark ^a   Johnson, Dominic D P ^b   Kaiser, Robert B ^d   O’Gorman, Rick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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