The influence of superleader behaviors on organization commitment, job satisfaction and organization self-esteem in a self-managed work team

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-127

  Elloy, David F ^a  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Leadership; Self esteem; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 19644390289     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730510582554     Document Type: Article

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