How leaders stimulate employee learning: A leader-member exchange approach

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 673-693

  Bezuijen, Xander M ^a   van Dam, Karen ^a   van den Berg, Peter T ^a   Thierry, Henk ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78049491700     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317909X468099     Document Type: Article

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