How Leaders Cultivate Social Capital and Nurture Employee Vigor: Implications for Job Performance

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1553-1561

  Carmeli, Abraham ^a   Ben Hador, Batia ^a   Waldman, David A ^b   Rupp, Deborah E ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

bonding social capital; job performance; relational leadership; vigor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 72249086758     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016429     Document Type: Article

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