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The Power of Experience? Innovative and Authoritative Leadership Values Among Danish Army Cadets

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The Power of Experience? Innovative and Authoritative Leadership Values Among Danish Army Cadets. / Brænder, Morten; Holsting, Vilhelm Stefan.
In: Armed Forces and Society, Vol. 48, No. 1, 01.2022, p. 70-91.

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Harvard

Brænder, M & Holsting, VS 2022, 'The Power of Experience? Innovative and Authoritative Leadership Values Among Danish Army Cadets', Armed Forces and Society, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 70-91. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X20951435

APA

Brænder, M., & Holsting, V. S. (2022). The Power of Experience? Innovative and Authoritative Leadership Values Among Danish Army Cadets. Armed Forces and Society, 48(1), 70-91. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X20951435

CBE

Brænder M, Holsting VS. 2022. The Power of Experience? Innovative and Authoritative Leadership Values Among Danish Army Cadets. Armed Forces and Society. 48(1):70-91. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X20951435

MLA

Brænder, Morten and Vilhelm Stefan Holsting. "The Power of Experience? Innovative and Authoritative Leadership Values Among Danish Army Cadets". Armed Forces and Society. 2022, 48(1). 70-91. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X20951435

Vancouver

Brænder M, Holsting VS. The Power of Experience? Innovative and Authoritative Leadership Values Among Danish Army Cadets. Armed Forces and Society. 2022 Jan;48(1):70-91. doi: 10.1177/0095327X20951435

Author

Brænder, Morten ; Holsting, Vilhelm Stefan. / The Power of Experience? Innovative and Authoritative Leadership Values Among Danish Army Cadets. In: Armed Forces and Society. 2022 ; Vol. 48, No. 1. pp. 70-91.

Bibtex

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