Personal and Task-Related Moderators of Leader-Member Exchange Among Software Developers

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1174-1182

  Ozer, Muammer ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

leader member exchange; locus of control; performance; satisfaction; task autonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE;

HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 54449087696     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.5.1174     Document Type: Article

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