Mediating role of supervisory communication practices on relations between leader-member exchange and perceived employee commitment to workgroup

Communication Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 637-656

  Bakar, Hassan Abu ^a   Dilbeck, Keith E ^b   McCroskey, James C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Employee; Leader member exchange; Mediating; Relations; Supervisory communication; Workgroup

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649720889     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637751.2010.499104     Document Type: Article

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