Transformational leadership in distributed work groups: The moderating role of follower regulatory focus and goal orientation

Communication Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 810-837

  Whitford, Tarli ^a   Moss, Simon A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Goal orientation; Regulatory focus; Transformational leadership; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350764600     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650209346800     Document Type: Article

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