Organizational culture and transformational leadership as predictors of business unit performance

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 566-579

  Xenikou, Athena ^a   Simosi, Maria ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Business performance; Organizational culture; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747805570     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940610684409     Document Type: Article

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