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The Global Leader as Boundary Spanner, Bridge Maker, and Blender

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Christina L. Butler ,
Lena Zander ,
Audra Mockaitis  and
Ciara Sutton
Christina L. Butler*
Affiliation:
Kingston University
Lena Zander
Affiliation:
Uppsala University
Audra Mockaitis
Affiliation:
Monash University
Ciara Sutton
Affiliation:
Stockholm School of Economics
*
E-mail: [email protected], Address: Department of Leadership, HRM and Organisation, Kingston Business School, Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT2 7LB, United Kingdom
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 240 - 243
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