Leadership style, organizational culture and performance: Empirical evidence from UK companies

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 766-788

  Ogbonna, Emmanuel ^a   Harris, Lloyd C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership style; Organizational culture; Performance; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011152982     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190050075114     Document Type: Article

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