Differentiation in leader-member exchange: A hierarchical linear modeling approach

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 733-744

  Ma, Li ^a   Qu, Qing ^b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Leader member exchange; Performance appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958170645     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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