Relational leadership and team climates: Pitting differentiation versus agreement

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 258-270

  Ford, Lucy R ^a   Seers, Anson ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Differentiation; Leader member exchange; Leadership; Team member exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744517806     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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