The influence of leader regulatory focus on employee creativity

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 587-602

  Wu, Cindy ^a   McMullen, Jeffery S ^a   Neubert, Mitchell J ^a   Yi, Xiang ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Entrepreneurial action; Leadership; Regulatory focus; Role modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 44549084659     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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