Leadership's impact on employee engagement: Differences among entrepreneurs and professional CEOs

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-385

  Papalexandris, Nancy ^a   Galanaki, Eleanna ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chief executives; Employee involvement; Entrepreneurs; Leadership; Senior management

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049085587     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730910961685     Document Type: Article

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