How leaders influence employees' innovative behaviour

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-64

  De Jong, Jeroen P J ^a   Den Hartog, Deanne N ^b  

^a EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^b Business School   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Ideas generation; Innovation; Knowledge organizations; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846314739     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060710720546     Document Type: Article

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