Leadership styles and burnout: Is there an association?

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 300-320

  Zopiatis, Anastasios ^a   Constanti, Panayiotis ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Hospitality services; Leadership; Managers; Stress; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951430511     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111011035927     Document Type: Article

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