The Joint Influence of Supervisor and Subordinate Emotional Intelligence on Leader-Member Exchange

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 593-605

  Sears, Greg J ^a   Holmvall, Camilla M ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral integration; Emotional intelligence; Interpersonal similarity; Leader member exchange; Leadership; Similarity attraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149495386     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-009-9152-y     Document Type: Article

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