Do transformational leaders enhance their followers' daily work engagement?

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-131

  Tims, Maria ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^a   Xanthopoulou, Despoina ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diary study; Personal resources; Transformational leadership; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951724513     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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