Transformational leadership and employee well-being: The mediating role of trust in the leader and self-efficacy

Applied Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 454-479

  Liu, Jiayan ^a   Siu, Oi Ling ^b   Shi, Kan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 77954187379     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2009.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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