A meta-analytic review of leadership impact research: Experimental and quasi-experimental studies

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 764-784

  Avolio, Bruce J ^a   Reichard, Rebecca J ^b   Hannah, Sean T ^c   Walumbwa, Fred O ^d   Chan, Adrian ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Development; Experiment; Leadership; Meta analysis; Quasi experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349100890     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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