Maintaining an open mind to closed individuals: The effect of resource availability and leadership style on the association between openness to experience and organizational commitment

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-275

  Moss, Simon A ^a   McFarland, Janis ^a   Ngu, Simon ^a   Kijowska, Anna ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leadership style; Openness to experience; Organizational commitment; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947529680     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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