Is personality associated with perceptions of LMX? An empirical study

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 613-631

  Bernerth, Jeremy B ^a   Armenakis, Achilles A ^b   Feild, Hubert S ^b   Giles, William F ^b   Walker, H Jack ^b  

^a MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal relations; Leadership; Mathematical modelling; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848870634     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730710823879     Document Type: Article

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