The moderating effect of political skill on the demographic dissimilarity - Leader-member exchange quality relationship

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 61-69

  Brouer, Robyn L ^a   Duke, Allison ^b   Treadway, Darren C ^c   Ferris, Gerald R ^d  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 160 Jacobs Management Center   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic dissimilarity; Leader member exchange; Political skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549084370     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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