A social identity perspective on leadership and employee creativity

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 963-982

  Hirst, Giles ^a   van Dick, Rolf ^b   van Knippenberg, Daan ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 70349515171     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.600     Document Type: Article

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