Moderating variables for the relationship between commitment and transformational leadership: Leader distance, and the quality of communication between leader and follower;Moderatorvariablen für den Zusammenhang zwischen Commitment und transformationaler Führung. Führungsdistanz und Kommunikationsqualität

Zeitschrift fur Personalpsychologie

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 108-120

  Pundt, Alexander ^a   Böhme, Hendryk ^b   Schyns, Birgit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective commitment; Frequency of contact; Quality of contact; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746177664     PISSN: 16176391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/1617-6391.5.3.108     Document Type: Review

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