Pygmalion and employee learning: The role of leader behaviors

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1248-1267

  Bezuijen, Xander M ^a   van den Berg, Peter T ^a   van Dam, Karen ^a   Thierry, Henk ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employee learning; Goal setting; Leadership; LMX; Pygmalion

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350442368     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308329966     Document Type: Article

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