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Metadata
- Authors
- Bastardoz, N., & Van Vugt, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Lausanne (CH)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Bastardoz, Nicolas
- Venue
- The Leadership Quarterly
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-02
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 81-95
- ISSN
- 1048-9843 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2893996994
- Cited by
- 197
- References
- 185
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 12
- FWCI
- 25.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.vu.nl
- Licence
- Locations
- The Leadership Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- IRIS (submittedVersion)
- SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Leadership and Management in Organizations
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Keywords
- followership, evolutionary perspective, cooperation, coordination, collective movement, peacekeeping, leadership emergence, follower engagement, adaptive challenges, leadership styles, social capital
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