The relationship between leadership styles and organizational commitment in Malaysia: Role of leader-member exchange

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 79-103

  Lo, May C ^a   Ramayah, T ^b   Min, Hii W ^a   Songan, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Leader member exchange; Malaysian executives; Organizational commitment (OC); Productivity; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PRODUCTIVITY;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 77951168014     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380903355676     Document Type: Article

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