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Complexity Leadership Theory: Shifting leadership from the industrial age to the knowledge era

Uhl-Bien, Mary, Marion, Russ, McKelvey, Bill·2007·The Leadership Quarterly
DOI 10.1016/j.leaqua.2007.04.002
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Authors
Uhl-Bien, M., Marion, R., & McKelvey, B.
Venue
The Leadership Quarterly
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-08
Volume
18
Issue
4
Pages
298-318
ISSN
1048-9843 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.leaqua.2007.04.002
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W2130070994
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2,318
References
6
FWCI
50.62
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Language
en
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closed
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