Organizational commitment-A missing link between leadership behavior and organizational performance?

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-374

  Steyrer, Johannes ^a   Schiffinger, Michael ^a   Lang, Reinhart ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charisma; GLOBE; Leadership; Organizational commitment; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549114783     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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