Transformational leadership, goal difficulty, and job design: Independent and interactive effects on employee outcomes

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 593-606

  Whittington, J Lee ^a   Goodwin, Vicki L ^b   Murray, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective organizational commitment; Goal difficulty; Job enrichment; Organizational citizenship behavior; Performance; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 5344275283     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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