Focusing on followers: The role of regulatory focus and possible selves in visionary leadership

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 457-468

  Stam, Daan ^a   van Knippenberg, Daan ^a   Wisse, Barbara ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leadership; Possible self; Self concept; Self regulatory focus; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953725366     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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