The relationship of employee perceptions of the immediate supervisor and top management with collective efficacy

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-13

  Borgogni, Laura ^a   Russo, Silvia Dello ^a   Latham, Gary P ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Perceptions of context; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955365011     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051810379799     Document Type: Article

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