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2. Leadership’s Impact on the Performance of Organisations

Authors : David Pendleton, Adrian F. Furnham, Jonathan Cowell

Published in: Leadership

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Abstract

In the previous chapter, we argued that leadership has a pervasive effect on organisations. Yet, this is far from universally accepted. There are still those who take the view that leadership is vastly over-emphasised when explaining the performance of organisations. In this chapter, we will consider these arguments.

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Metadata
Title
Leadership’s Impact on the Performance of Organisations
Authors
David Pendleton
Adrian F. Furnham
Jonathan Cowell
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Leadership

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-60436-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-60437-0

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60437-0_2

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