Middle manager leadership and frontline employee performance: Bypass, cascading, and moderating effects

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 654-678

  Yang, Jixia ^a   Zhang, Zhi Xue ^b   Tsui, Anne S ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952017062     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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