The relationship between personality and transformational leadership

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 777-794

  Hautala, Tina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Performance appraisal; Personality; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747839754     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710610684259     Document Type: Article

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