Followers' personality and the perception of transformational leadership: Further evidence for the similarity hypothesis

British Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 393-410

  Felfe, Jörg ^a   Schyns, Birgit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954015590     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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