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Collectivistic Leadership Requires a Collective Identity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Merlijn Venus
Affiliation:
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Changguo Mao
Affiliation:
Renmin University of China
Klodiana Lanaj
Affiliation:
Michigan State University
Russell E. Johnson*
Affiliation:
Michigan State University
*
E-mail: johnsonr@bus.msu.edu, Address: Department of Management, Michigan State University, North Business College Complex, 632 Bogue St., Office N438, East Lansing, MI 48824-1121

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2012 

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