Followers' satisfaction from working with group-prototypic leaders: Promotion focus as moderator

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1105-1110

  Pierro, Antonio ^a   Cicero, Lavinia ^a   Tory Higgins, E ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Leader prototypicality; Leadership satisfaction; Promotion focus; Regulatory focus; Social identity model of organizational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049093932     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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