Building a climate for innovation through transformational leadership and organizational culture

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-158

  Sarros, James C ^a   Cooper, Brian K ^a   Santora, Joseph C ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Thomas Edison State College   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Organizational culture; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549092109     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051808324100     Document Type: Article

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