A longitudinal examination of the relationship between Team Leadership and Performance

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-350

  Gupta, Vishal K ^a   Huang, Rui ^a   Niranjan, Suman ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Conflict; Performance; Team leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955378414     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051809359184     Document Type: Article

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