How failure to align organizational climate and leadership style affects performance

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 406-432

  Haakonsson, Dorthe Døjbak ^a   Burton, Richard M ^b   Obel, Børge ^a   Lauridsen, Jørgen ^c  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climatology; Contingency planning; Information control; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049089164     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810863861     Document Type: Article

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