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Metadata
- Authors
- Schneider, M., & Somers, M.
- Affiliations
- New Jersey Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Schneider, Marguerite
- ORCID
- Somers, Mark
- Venue
- The Leadership Quarterly
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-08
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 351-365
- ISSN
- 1048-9843 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2156313615
- Cited by
- 599
- References
- 123
- Citations by year
- 2026: 26 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 50 · 2019: 50 · 2018: 41 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 38 · 2015: 39 · 2014: 39 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 23
- FWCI
- 10.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Leadership Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Chaos, Complexity, and Education
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Leadership and Management in Organizations
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Keywords
- complex adaptive systems, complexity theory, leadership, general systems theory, organizational identity, social movements, leadership process, dynamic system simulation, artificial neural networks, nonlinear models, organizational change
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