Do you feel what I feel? Mood contagion and leadership outcomes

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 814-827

  Johnson, Stefanie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Charismatic leadership; Mood contagion; Positive and negative mood

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349097685     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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