Kurt Lewin's leadership studies and his legacy to social psychology: is there nothing as practical as a good theory?
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• This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: BILLIG, M., 2015. Kurt Lewin's leadership studies and his legacy to social psychology: is there nothing as practical as a good theory? Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour,45(4), pp.440-460., which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12074. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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