Psychological and environmental empowerment: Antecedents and consequences

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 444-460

  Meyerson, Shauna L ^a   Kline, Theresa J B ^b  

^a Calgary Health Region   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449098814     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730810887049     Document Type: Article

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