Leader-Member Exchange and Affective Organizational Commitment: The Contribution of Supervisor's Organizational Embodiment

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1085-1103

  Eisenberger, Robert ^a   Karagonlar, Gokhan ^b   Stinglhamber, Florence ^c   Neves, Pedro ^d   Becker, Thomas E ^b   Gonzalez Morales, M Gloria ^e   Steiger Mueller, Meta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective organizational commitment; Leader member exchange; Organizational identification; Performance; Supervisor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PORTUGAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PORTUGAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049476389     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020858     Document Type: Article

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