Emotional intelligence and transformational and transactional leadership: A meta-analysis

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-17

  Harms, P D ^a   Credé, Marcus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Leadership; Transformational

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149142015     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051809350894     Document Type: Article

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