The impact of participative leadership behavior on psychological empowerment and organizational commitment in Chinese state-owned enterprises: The moderating role of organizational tenure

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-367

  Huang, Xu ^a   Shi, Kan ^b   Zhang, Zhijie ^c   Cheung, Yat Lee ^d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^c South West University   (China)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Organizational commitment; Participative leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749016527     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9006-3     Document Type: Article

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