Effects of repeated multi-source feedback on the influence behavior and effectiveness of managers: A field experiment

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 856-866

  Seifert, Charles F ^a   Yukl, Gary ^b  

^a SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Influence Tactics; Leadership; Multi Source Feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958174191     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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