CEO leadership behaviors, organizational performance, and employees' attitudes

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-105

  Wang, Hui ^a   Tsui, Anne S ^b,c   Xin, Katherine R ^d  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

Author keywords

CEO leadership behaviors; Employees' attitudes; Firm performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951722123     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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